How To Install sqlite on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlite on CentOS 8.
What is sqlite
SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL database engine. A large subset of SQL92 is supported. A complete database is stored in a single disk file. The API is designed for convenience and ease of use. Applications that link against SQLite can enjoy the power and flexibility of an SQL database without the administrative hassles of supporting a separate database server. Version 2 and version 3 binaries are named to permit each to be installed on a single host sqlite 3.26.0 13.el8 x86_64 667 k sqlite-3.26.0-13.el8.src.rpm baseos Library that implements an embeddable SQL database engine http Public Domain SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL database engine. A large subset of SQL92 is supported. A complete database is stored in a single disk file. The API is designed for convenience and ease of use. Applications that link against SQLite can enjoy the power and flexibility of an SQL database without the administrative hassles of supporting a separate database server. Version 2 and version 3 binaries are named to permit each to be installed on a single host
We can use yum or dnf to install sqlite on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sqlite.
Install sqlite 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 sqlite using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sqlite
Install sqlite 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 sqlite using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sqlite
How To Uninstall sqlite on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the sqlite package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sqlite
sqlite Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/sqlite3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/812749ca8e1a037cc0e13f94e2bc05cb6a84cc
/usr/share/man/man1/sqlite3.1.gz
/usr/bin/sqlite3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/dd73c63d11e8b85502dfe4dab17aea1ce1e11a
/usr/share/man/man1/sqlite3.1.gz
References
- [sqlite website](http://www.sqlite.org/ http://www.sqlite.org/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlite on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.