How to setup ODBC on Ubuntu 20.04 server

Question

I am trying to setup ODBC for an old application, what use ODBC to connect MySQL DB. Seem like have any tutorial to setup ODBC, or have but old OS version. I tried to install UnixODBC by: sudo apt-get install odbcinst1debian2 libodbc1 odbcinst unixodbc . And now I am trying to install MySQL ODBC. Have 3 method to install it.

1. Installing Connector/ODBC Using the MySQL Yum Repository (Yum cannot install on Ubuntu 20.04)
2. Installing Connector/ODBC from a Binary Tarball Distribution (Latest version seem like has not support)
3. Installing Connector/ODBC from a DEB Distribution I find the way to install a deb package file and try sudo apt install mysql-connector-odbc_8.0.31-1ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb but error Unable to locate package mysql-connector-odbc_8.0.31-1ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb

I am stuck here. And have no way to reseach. Could you help me!!!!!

Answer 1

If you try

sudo apt-get install mysql-connector-odbc_8.0.31-1ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb

apt-get will try to install it from your repos (and fail). To make it install from your local copy of a.deb file, give it the full path to the.deb file (or prefix with ./ if it's in your current directory).