How To Install mariadb-connector-c-config on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-connector-c-config on CentOS 8. mariadb-connector-c-config is Configuration files for packages that use /etc/my.cnf as a configuration file

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-connector-c-config on CentOS 8.

What is mariadb-connector-c-config

This package delivers /etc/my.cnf that includes other configuration files from the /etc/my.cnf.d directory and ships this directory as well. Other packages should only put their files into /etc/my.cnf.d directory and require this package, so the /etc/my.cnf file is present.

We can use yum or dnf to install mariadb-connector-c-config on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mariadb-connector-c-config.

Install mariadb-connector-c-config on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mariadb-connector-c-config using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mariadb-connector-c-config

Install mariadb-connector-c-config on CentOS 8 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 mariadb-connector-c-config using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mariadb-connector-c-config

How To Uninstall mariadb-connector-c-config on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the mariadb-connector-c-config package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mariadb-connector-c-config

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-connector-c-config on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.