How To Install gdbm on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdbm on CentOS 8.
What is gdbm
Gdbm is a GNU database indexing library, including routines which use extensible hashing. Gdbm works in a similar way to standard UNIX dbm routines. Gdbm is useful for developers who write C applications and need access to a simple and efficient database or who are building C applications which will use such a database. If you’re a C developer and your programs need access to simple database routines, you should install gdbm. You’ll also need to install gdbm-devel. Gdbm is a GNU database indexing library, including routines which use extensible hashing. Gdbm works in a similar way to standard UNIX dbm routines. Gdbm is useful for developers who write C applications and need access to a simple and efficient database or who are building C applications which will use such a database. If you’re a C developer and your programs need access to simple database routines, you should install gdbm. You’ll also need to install gdbm-devel.
We can use yum or dnf to install gdbm on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gdbm.
Install gdbm on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gdbm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gdbm
Install gdbm on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gdbm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gdbm
How To Uninstall gdbm on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gdbm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gdbm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdbm on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.