How To Install libfbclient2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfbclient2 on Rocky Linux 8. libfbclient2 is Firebird SQL server client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfbclient2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libfbclient2

Shared client library for Firebird SQL server. Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used in production systems, under a variety of names, since 1981.

We can use yum or dnf to install libfbclient2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libfbclient2.

Install libfbclient2 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 libfbclient2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfbclient2

Install libfbclient2 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 libfbclient2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfbclient2

How To Uninstall libfbclient2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libfbclient2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libfbclient2

libfbclient2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/68cc115a3ffec5cf6d6a753146beccf025c4a0
/usr/lib64/libfbclient.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfbclient.so.4.0.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfbclient2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.