How To Install firebird3.0-server-core on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firebird3.0-server-core on Debian 9.
What is firebird3.0-server-core
firebird3.0-server-core is:
Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL-99 features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used on production systems under a variety of names since 1981.
This package contains the server engine and support libraries. The rest of the binaries needed for running a full-featured firebird server are in the firebird3.0-server package.
There are three methods to install firebird3.0-server-core on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install firebird3.0-server-core Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install firebird3.0-server-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firebird3.0-server-core
Install firebird3.0-server-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firebird3.0-server-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firebird3.0-server-core
Install firebird3.0-server-core Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install firebird3.0-server-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firebird3.0-server-core
How To Uninstall firebird3.0-server-core on Debian 9
To uninstall only the firebird3.0-server-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firebird3.0-server-core
Uninstall firebird3.0-server-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firebird3.0-server-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firebird3.0-server-core
Remove firebird3.0-server-core Configurations and Data
To remove firebird3.0-server-core configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firebird3.0-server-core
Remove firebird3.0-server-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firebird3.0-server-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firebird3.0-server-core
Dependencies
firebird3.0-server-core have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firebird3.0-server-core package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
