How To Install firebird-utils on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install firebird-utils in AlmaLinux 8. firebird-utils is Firebird SQL user utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firebird-utils on AlmaLinux 8.

What is firebird-utils

Firebird SQL user utilities. 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-utils on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install firebird-utils.

Install firebird-utils 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-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install firebird-utils

Install firebird-utils 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-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install firebird-utils

How To Uninstall firebird-utils on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the firebird-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove firebird-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firebird-utils on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.