How To Install sqlsh on Fedora 34

sqlsh is Command interpreter for DBI shells

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlsh on Fedora 34.

What is sqlsh

sqlsh is a command-interpreter API for building shells and batch scripts. sqlsh/SQL sql*plus client programs but is database independent. See the SQL

We can use yum or dnf to install sqlsh on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sqlsh.

Install sqlsh on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install sqlsh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sqlsh

Install sqlsh on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install sqlsh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sqlsh

How To Uninstall sqlsh on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the sqlsh package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sqlsh

sqlsh Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/sqlsh
/usr/share/man/man1/sqlsh.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlsh on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.