How To Install libib-util on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libib-util in Fedora 36. libib-util is Firebird SQL UDF support library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libib-util on Fedora 36.

What is `libib-util`

libib_util contains utility functions used by User-Defined Functions (UDF) for memory management etc. Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used in production systems, under a variety of names, since 1981.

We can use yum or dnf to install libib-util on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libib-util.

Install libib-util on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libib-util

Install libib-util on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libib-util using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libib-util

How To Uninstall libib-util on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the libib-util package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libib-util

libib-util Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/eaccbe032ead875ff8c10d2e2363d8cd0145f1
/usr/lib64/libib_util.so

References

libib-util website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libib-util on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).