How To Install sqlite2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlite2 on CentOS 7. sqlite2 is Embeddable SQL engine in a C library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlite2 on CentOS 7.

What is sqlite2

SQLite is a small, fast, embeddable SQL database engine that supports most of SQL92, including transactions with atomic commit and rollback, subqueries, compound queries, triggers, and views. A complete database is stored in a single cross-platform disk file. The native C/C++ API is simple and easy to use. Bindings for other languages are also available.

We can use yum or dnf to install sqlite2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sqlite2.

Install sqlite2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install sqlite2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sqlite2

Install sqlite2 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 sqlite2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sqlite2

How To Uninstall sqlite2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the sqlite2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sqlite2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlite2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.