How To Install soci-mysql-devel on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install soci-mysql-devel on CentOS 7.

What is soci-mysql-devel

This package contains the MySQL back-end for soci, i.e., header files and dynamic libraries specific to the MySQL database. If you would like to develop programs using soci and MySQL, you will need to install soci-mysql.

We can use yum or dnf to install soci-mysql-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install soci-mysql-devel.

Install soci-mysql-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install soci-mysql-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install soci-mysql-devel

Install soci-mysql-devel on CentOS 7 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 soci-mysql-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install soci-mysql-devel

How To Uninstall soci-mysql-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the soci-mysql-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove soci-mysql-devel

References

• soci-mysql-devel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install soci-mysql-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.