How To Install mongo-c-driver on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mongo-c-driver on CentOS 8.
What is mongo-c-driver
mongo-c-driver is a client library written in C for MongoDB.
We can use yum or dnf to install mongo-c-driver on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mongo-c-driver.
Install mongo-c-driver on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install mongo-c-driver using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mongo-c-driver
Install mongo-c-driver 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 mongo-c-driver using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mongo-c-driver
How To Uninstall mongo-c-driver on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mongo-c-driver package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mongo-c-driver
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mongo-c-driver on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.