How To Install soci-postgresql-devel on CentOS 8

soci-postgresql-devel is PostGreSQL back-end for soci

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install soci-postgresql-devel on CentOS 8.

What is soci-postgresql-devel

This package contains the PostGreSQL back-end for soci, i.e., header files and dynamic libraries specific to the PostGreSQL database. If you would like to develop programs using soci and PostGreSQL, you will need to install soci-postgresql.

We can use yum or dnf to install soci-postgresql-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install soci-postgresql-devel.

Install soci-postgresql-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install soci-postgresql-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install soci-postgresql-devel

Install soci-postgresql-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install soci-postgresql-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install soci-postgresql-devel

How To Uninstall soci-postgresql-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the soci-postgresql-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove soci-postgresql-devel

soci-postgresql-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/soci
/usr/include/soci/postgresql
/usr/include/soci/postgresql/soci-postgresql.h
/usr/lib64/libsoci_postgresql.so
/usr/share/doc/soci-postgresql-devel
/usr/share/doc/soci-postgresql-devel/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/soci-postgresql-devel/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/soci-postgresql-devel/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/soci-postgresql-devel/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/soci-postgresql-devel/README

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install soci-postgresql-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.