How To Install odbcinst on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install odbcinst on Ubuntu.
What is odbcinst
odbcinst is:
UnixODBC is an implementation of the Open Database Connectivity standard, a database abstraction layer that allows applications to be used with many different relational databases by way of a single library.
This package contains the odbcinst helper tool, which allows ODBC driver packages to install and manage their driver configuration.
There are three methods to install odbcinst on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install odbcinst Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install odbcinst using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install odbcinst
Install odbcinst Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install odbcinst using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install odbcinst
Install odbcinst Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install odbcinst using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install odbcinst
How To Uninstall odbcinst on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the odbcinst package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove odbcinst
Uninstall odbcinst And Its Dependencies
To uninstall odbcinst and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove odbcinst
Remove odbcinst Configurations and Data
To remove odbcinst configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge odbcinst
Remove odbcinst configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove odbcinst configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge odbcinst
Dependencies
odbcinst have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install odbcinst package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.