If you have a choice, use unixODBC as suggested there, as it is more powerful and better-supported than iodbc.
FWIW I found iODBC easier to setup (but even then needed an example from Fritz to really get it working). It is probably easier to compile too. It might be worthwhile adding simple examples for ~/.odbc.ini for both of these libraries. I'd be happy to contribute one for iODBC.
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