How To Install unixODBC on Rocky Linux 8
In this tutorial we learn how to install unixODBC on Rocky Linux 8. unixODBC is A complete ODBC driver manager for Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unixODBC on Rocky Linux 8.
What is unixODBC
Install unixODBC if you want to access databases through ODBC. You will also need the mariadb-connector-odbc package if you want to access a MySQL or MariaDB database, and/or the postgresql-odbc package for PostgreSQL.
We can use yum or dnf to install unixODBC on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install unixODBC.
Install unixODBC 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 unixODBC using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install unixODBC
Install unixODBC 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 unixODBC using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install unixODBC
How To Uninstall unixODBC on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the unixODBC package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove unixODBC
unixODBC Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/odbc.ini
/etc/odbcinst.ini
/usr/bin/dltest
/usr/bin/isql
/usr/bin/iusql
/usr/bin/odbc_config
/usr/bin/odbcinst
/usr/bin/slencheck
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/5a45f9d5e736bc66519178eff983bd0b92aa62
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/7076d60d3c8c64ad49da0b19ec4892385e7863
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/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
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/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/12eafb8f08f0021259e9964ba0ea68eb24650d
/usr/lib/libesoobS.so.2
/usr/lib/libesoobS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libmimerS.so.2
/usr/lib/libmimerS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libnn.so.2
/usr/lib/libnn.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libodbc.so
/usr/lib/libodbc.so.2
/usr/lib/libodbc.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libodbccr.so.2
/usr/lib/libodbccr.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libodbcdrvcfg1S.so.2
/usr/lib/libodbcdrvcfg1S.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libodbcdrvcfg2S.so.2
/usr/lib/libodbcdrvcfg2S.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libodbcinst.so
/usr/lib/libodbcinst.so.2
/usr/lib/libodbcinst.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libodbcminiS.so.2
/usr/lib/libodbcminiS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libodbcmyS.so
/usr/lib/libodbcmyS.so.2
/usr/lib/libodbcmyS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libodbcnnS.so.2
/usr/lib/libodbcnnS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libodbcpsqlS.so
/usr/lib/libodbcpsqlS.so.2
/usr/lib/libodbcpsqlS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libodbctxtS.so.2
/usr/lib/libodbctxtS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/liboplodbcS.so.2
/usr/lib/liboplodbcS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/liboraodbcS.so.2
/usr/lib/liboraodbcS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libsapdbS.so.2
/usr/lib/libsapdbS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libtdsS.so
/usr/lib/libtdsS.so.2
/usr/lib/libtdsS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libtemplate.so.2
/usr/lib/libtemplate.so.2.0.0
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/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/README
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/README.dist
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/AdministratorManual
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/AdministratorManual/index.html
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/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/AdministratorManual/php3.html
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/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/conne.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/dsn.html
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/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/resul.html
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/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/UserManual
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/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/UserManual/My.sql
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/UserManual/StarOfficeDataGrid.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/UserManual/index.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/UserManual/unixODBC.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/index.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC/doc/lst
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/usr/share/man/man1/odbcinst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/odbc.ini.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/odbcinst.ini.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/unixODBC.7.gz
/etc/odbc.ini
/etc/odbcinst.ini
/usr/bin/dltest
/usr/bin/isql
/usr/bin/iusql
/usr/bin/odbc_config
/usr/bin/odbcinst
/usr/bin/slencheck
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/usr/share/man/man5/odbcinst.ini.5.gz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unixODBC on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.