How To Install libdb-cxx on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdb-cxx on CentOS 7.
What is libdb-cxx
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. 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-cxx on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libdb-cxx.
Install libdb-cxx 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-cxx using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libdb-cxx
Install libdb-cxx 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-cxx using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libdb-cxx
How To Uninstall libdb-cxx on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libdb-cxx package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libdb-cxx
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdb-cxx on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
