There are two methods available for installing Connector/ODBC on Unix from a binary distribution. For most Unix environments you will need to use the tarball distribution. For Linux systems, there is also an RPM distribution available.
To install Connector/ODBC 5.1 on Unix you require unixODBC 2.2.12 or later to be installed.
To install the driver from a tarball distribution
(.tar.gz file), download the latest
version of the driver for your operating system and follow
these steps that demonstrate the process using the Linux
version of the tarball:
shell>su rootshell>gunzip mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.11-i686-pc-linux.tar.gzshell>tar xvf mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.11-i686-pc-linux.tarshell>cd mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.11-i686-pc-linux
Read the installation instructions in the
INSTALL file and execute these commands.
Then proceed on to
Section 22.1.4.5, “Configuring a Connector/ODBC DSN on Unix”, to
configure the DSN for Connector/ODBC. For more information,
refer to the INSTALL file that comes with
your distribution.
To install or upgrade Connector/ODBC from an RPM distribution
on Linux, simply download the RPM distribution of the latest
version of Connector/ODBC and follow the instructions below.
Use su root to become
root, then install the RPM file.
If you are installing for the first time:
shell>su rootshell>rpm -ivh mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.12.i386.rpm
If the driver exists, upgrade it like this:
shell>su rootshell>rpm -Uvh mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.12.i386.rpm
If there is any dependency error for MySQL client library,
libmysqlclient, simply ignore it by
supplying the --nodeps option, and then make
sure the MySQL client shared library is in the path or set
through LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
This installs the driver libraries and related documents to
/usr/local/lib and
/usr/share/doc/MyODBC, respectively.
Proceed onto
Section 22.1.4.5, “Configuring a Connector/ODBC DSN on Unix”.
To uninstall the driver,
become root and execute an
rpm command:
shell>su rootshell>rpm -e mysql-connector-odbc