How To Install libdb on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdb on CentOS 7. libdb is The Berkeley DB database library for C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdb on CentOS 7.

What is libdb

The Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) is a programmatic toolkit that provides embedded database support for both traditional and client/server applications. The Berkeley DB includes B+tree, Extended Linear Hashing, Fixed and Variable-length record access methods, transactions, locking, logging, shared memory caching, and database recovery. The Berkeley DB supports C, C++, Java, and Perl APIs. It is used by many applications, including Python and Perl, so this should be installed on all systems.

We can use yum or dnf to install libdb on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libdb.

Install libdb on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libdb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libdb

Install libdb on CentOS 7 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 libdb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libdb

How To Uninstall libdb on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libdb package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libdb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdb on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.