How to Install and Uninstall odbcinst Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "odbcinst" package

This is a short guide on how to install odbcinst on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                odbcinst
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "odbcinst" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall odbcinst on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                odbcinst
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the odbcinst package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: odbcinst
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 48
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Steve Langasek
Architecture: amd64
Source: unixodbc
Version: 2.3.1-4.1
Replaces: odbcinst1, odbcinst1debian1 (<< 2.2.11-20), unixodbc (<< 2.1.1-2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), odbcinst1debian2 (>= 2.3.1)
Conflicts: odbcinst1
Filename: pool/main/u/unixodbc/odbcinst_2.3.1-4.1_amd64.deb
Size: 13078
MD5sum: 96e1f84c76bebc42179e02cf4c1e2956
SHA1: 69216267ace0d179f3a110f842b072dfedb3ae4a
SHA256: 75d2137066a969601188ed85cad55b50523bbf631fca4fa08ab814387b177265
Description-en: Helper program for accessing odbc ini files
This package contains the odbcinst helper tool, which allows ODBC driver
packages to install their own driver settings.
Description-md5: 94a30ab8c0d53da82db9d3503fec9c1f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.unixodbc.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y