How To Install libecpg on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libecpg on Rocky Linux 8. libecpg is ECPG - Embedded SQL in C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libecpg on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libecpg`

An embedded SQL program consists of code written in an ordinary programming language, in this case C, mixed with SQL commands in specially marked sections. To build the program, the source code (.pgc) is first passed through the embedded SQL preprocessor, which converts it to an ordinary C program (.c), and afterwards it can be processed by a C compiler.

We can use yum or dnf to install libecpg on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libecpg.

Install libecpg 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 libecpg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libecpg

Install libecpg 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 libecpg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libecpg

How To Uninstall libecpg on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libecpg

libecpg Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/2f3071960bcc80a7e47e43c1676e6dcacc41fb
/usr/lib/libecpg.so.6
/usr/lib/libecpg.so.6.13
/usr/share/licenses/libecpg
/usr/share/licenses/libecpg/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/303417db36b3ff22e25f2c9576dcf870067e04
/usr/lib64/libecpg.so.6
/usr/lib64/libecpg.so.6.13
/usr/share/licenses/libecpg
/usr/share/licenses/libecpg/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ecpglib6-13.mo

References

libecpg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libecpg on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.