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

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

Introduction

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

What is `root-sql-odbc`

This package contains the ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) plugin for ROOT, that allows transparent access to any kind of database that supports the ODBC protocol.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install root-sql-odbc

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

sudo yum -y install root-sql-odbc

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

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

sudo dnf remove root-sql-odbc

root-sql-odbc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/TODBCResult.h
/usr/include/root/TODBCRow.h
/usr/include/root/TODBCServer.h
/usr/include/root/TODBCStatement.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/97d6d4adc65542c21673362bbc51387201ffba
/usr/lib64/root/libRODBC.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libRODBC.so
/usr/lib64/root/libRODBC.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libRODBC.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libRODBC_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/TSQLServer/P050_TODBCServer.C

References

root-sql-odbc website

Summary

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