Information about the package, unixODBC, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The unixODBC package is designed for, A complete ODBC driver manager for Linux.
Package Name:
unixODBC
Summary:
A complete ODBC driver manager for Linux
Description:
Install unixODBC if you want to access databases through ODBC. You will also need the mysql-connector-odbc package if you want to access a MySQL database, and/or the postgresql-odbc package for PostgreSQL.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.2.14
Release:
14.el6
Size:
378 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
Control the unixODBC package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install unixODBC
This command will install unixODBC on the server.
yum remove unixODBC
This command will un-install unixODBC on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove unixODBC, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove unixODBC
This command will un-install unixODBC on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove unixODBC when using the -y flag.
yum update unixODBC
This command will update unixODBC to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove unixODBC, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update unixODBC
This command will update unixODBC to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove unixODBC when using the -y flag.
yum info unixODBC
This command will show you core information about the unixODBC package.
yum deplist unixODBC
This command will show you the dependencies for unixODBC. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update unixODBC
This command will check if there is an update waiting on unixODBC. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.