How To Install firebird-devel on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firebird-devel on AlmaLinux 8.
What is firebird-devel
This package is needed for development of client applications and user defined functions (UDF) for Firebird SQL server. 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 firebird-devel on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install firebird-devel.
Install firebird-devel on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install firebird-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install firebird-devel
Install firebird-devel on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install firebird-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install firebird-devel
How To Uninstall firebird-devel on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the firebird-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove firebird-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firebird-devel on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.