How To Install root-sql-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-sql-mysql on Rocky Linux 8. root-sql-mysql is MySQL client plugin for ROOT

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-sql-mysql on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `root-sql-mysql`

This package contains the MySQL plugin for ROOT. This plugin provides a thin client (interface) to MySQL servers. Using this client, one can obtain information from a MySQL database into the ROOT environment.

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

Install root-sql-mysql 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 root-sql-mysql using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-sql-mysql

Install root-sql-mysql 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 root-sql-mysql using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-sql-mysql

How To Uninstall root-sql-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the root-sql-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove root-sql-mysql

root-sql-mysql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/TMySQLResult.h
/usr/include/root/TMySQLRow.h
/usr/include/root/TMySQLServer.h
/usr/include/root/TMySQLStatement.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/64906731a6810afd531863cccbfdfb5b463bf6
/usr/lib64/root/libRMySQL.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libRMySQL.so
/usr/lib64/root/libRMySQL.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libRMySQL.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libRMySQL_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/TSQLServer/P010_TMySQLServer.C

References

root-sql-mysql website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-sql-mysql on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.