How To Install soci-mysql-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install soci-mysql-devel on Rocky Linux 8. soci-mysql-devel is MySQL back-end for soci

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install soci-mysql-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. 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 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 soci-mysql-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install soci-mysql-devel

Install soci-mysql-devel 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 soci-mysql-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install soci-mysql-devel

How To Uninstall soci-mysql-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove soci-mysql-devel

soci-mysql-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/soci
/usr/include/soci/mysql
/usr/include/soci/mysql/soci-mysql.h
/usr/lib64/libsoci_mysql.so
/usr/share/doc/soci-mysql-devel
/usr/share/doc/soci-mysql-devel/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/soci-mysql-devel/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/soci-mysql-devel/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/soci-mysql-devel/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/soci-mysql-devel/README

References

Summary

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