How To Install ibm-data-db2 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibm-data-db2 on CentOS 8.
What is ibm-data-db2
This package contains the ADO.NET Data provider for the IBM DB2 Universal database.
We can use yum or dnf to install ibm-data-db2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ibm-data-db2.
Install ibm-data-db2 on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ibm-data-db2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ibm-data-db2
Install ibm-data-db2 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 ibm-data-db2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ibm-data-db2
How To Uninstall ibm-data-db2 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ibm-data-db2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ibm-data-db2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ibm-data-db2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.