How To Install ibm-data-db2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibm-data-db2 on Rocky Linux 8. ibm-data-db2 is IBM DB2 database connectivity for Mono

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibm-data-db2 on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ibm-data-db2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ibm-data-db2

Install ibm-data-db2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ibm-data-db2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ibm-data-db2

How To Uninstall ibm-data-db2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ibm-data-db2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ibm-data-db2

ibm-data-db2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/mono/4.5/IBM.Data.DB2.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/IBM.Data.DB2
/usr/lib/mono/gac/IBM.Data.DB2/1.0.0.0__7c307b91aa13d208
/usr/lib/mono/gac/IBM.Data.DB2/1.0.0.0__7c307b91aa13d208/IBM.Data.DB2.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/IBM.Data.DB2/1.0.0.0__7c307b91aa13d208/IBM.Data.DB2.dll.mdb

References

ibm-data-db2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibm-data-db2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.