How To Install libdbi-drivers on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbi-drivers on CentOS 7.
What is libdbi-drivers
libdbi implements a database-independent abstraction layer in C, similar to the DBI/DBD layer in Perl. Writing one generic set of code, programmers can leverage the power of multiple databases and multiple simultaneous database connections by using this framework. libdbi-drivers contains the database-specific plugins needed to connect libdbi to particular database servers.
We can use yum or dnf to install libdbi-drivers on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libdbi-drivers.
Install libdbi-drivers on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libdbi-drivers using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libdbi-drivers
Install libdbi-drivers 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 libdbi-drivers using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libdbi-drivers
How To Uninstall libdbi-drivers on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libdbi-drivers package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libdbi-drivers
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbi-drivers on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
