How To Install opendbx-firebird on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install opendbx-firebird on Rocky Linux 8. opendbx-firebird is Firebird backend - provides firebird support in opendbx

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opendbx-firebird on Rocky Linux 8.

What is opendbx-firebird

Allows odbx_init with “firebird” as the backend parameter.

We can use yum or dnf to install opendbx-firebird on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install opendbx-firebird.

Install opendbx-firebird 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 opendbx-firebird using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install opendbx-firebird

Install opendbx-firebird 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 opendbx-firebird using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install opendbx-firebird

How To Uninstall opendbx-firebird on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the opendbx-firebird package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove opendbx-firebird

opendbx-firebird Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/ead50e36f4bba07fa3e8e5ae62009a028eaa34
/usr/lib64/opendbx/libfirebirdbackend.so
/usr/lib64/opendbx/libfirebirdbackend.so.1
/usr/lib64/opendbx/libfirebirdbackend.so.1.2.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opendbx-firebird on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.