How To Install libodb-mysql on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodb-mysql on CentOS 7. libodb-mysql is MySQL ODB runtime library from Code Synthesis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodb-mysql on CentOS 7.

What is libodb-mysql

ODB is an object-relational mapping (ORM) system for C++. It provides tools, APIs, and library support that allow you to persist C++ objects to a relational database (RDBMS) without having to deal with tables, columns, or SQL and without manually writing any of the mapping code. This package contains the MySQL ODB runtime library. Every application that includes code generated for the MySQL database will need to link to this library.

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

Install libodb-mysql on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libodb-mysql using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libodb-mysql

Install libodb-mysql 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 libodb-mysql using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libodb-mysql

How To Uninstall libodb-mysql on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libodb-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libodb-mysql

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Summary

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