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Quick installation of libmyodbc:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: libmyodbc
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install libmyodbc
Package Details | |
| Package: | libmyodbc |
| Version: | 5.1.10-1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/ |
| Description: | the MySQL ODBC driver This package allows you to connect to MySQL database servers using ODBC, the Open Database Connectivity abstraction layer which is understood by a variety of database tools that cannot talk to MySQL databases directly. Multi-Arch: same Homepage: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/libs |
How to install libmyodbc on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If libmyodbc is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L libmyodbc' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L libmyodbc Package `libmyodbc' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing libmyodbc:
After system update use the following command to install libmyodbc:
sudo apt-get install libmyodbc
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove libmyodbc from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the libmyodbc from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the libmyodbc following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove libmyodbc
Following command is used to remove the libmyodbc package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libmyodbc
This will remove libmyodbc and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing libmyodbc with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge libmyodbc
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove libmyodbc
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with libmyodbc package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
