How To Install mongo-c-driver on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mongo-c-driver on Rocky Linux 8. mongo-c-driver is Client library written in C for MongoDB

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mongo-c-driver on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 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 mongo-c-driver using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mongo-c-driver

Install mongo-c-driver 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 mongo-c-driver using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mongo-c-driver

How To Uninstall mongo-c-driver on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mongo-c-driver package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mongo-c-driver

mongo-c-driver Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/mongoc-stat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/66da5b796d6eb035af2a697cf5ec4fcf0a67dc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mongo-c-driver on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.