How To Install libodbc1 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libodbc1 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libodbc1 is ODBC Driver Manager library for Unix (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodbc1 on Debian 12.

What is libodbc1

libodbc1 is:

UnixODBC is an implementation of the Open Database Connectivity standard, a database abstraction layer that allows applications to be used with many different relational databases by way of a single library.

This package provides symlinks to the odbc and odbccr libraries.

This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.

There are three methods to install libodbc1 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libodbc1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libodbc1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libodbc1

Install libodbc1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libodbc1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libodbc1

Install libodbc1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libodbc1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libodbc1

How To Uninstall libodbc1 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libodbc1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libodbc1

Uninstall libodbc1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libodbc1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libodbc1

Remove libodbc1 Configurations and Data

To remove libodbc1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libodbc1

Remove libodbc1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libodbc1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libodbc1

Dependencies

libodbc1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodbc1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.