How To Install kexi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kexi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kexi
kexi is:
Kexi is an integrated data management application. It can be used for creating database schemas, inserting data, performing queries, and processing data. Forms can be created to provide a custom interface to your data. All database objects - tables, queries and forms - are stored in the database, making it easy to share data and design.
Kexi is considered as a long awaited Open Source competitor for MS Access, Filemaker and Oracle Forms. Its development is motivated by the lack of Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools for database systems that are sufficiently powerful, inexpensive, open standards driven and portable across many operating systems and hardware platforms.
This package is part of the Calligra Suite.
There are three methods to install kexi on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kexi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kexi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kexi
Install kexi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kexi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kexi
Install kexi 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kexi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kexi
How To Uninstall kexi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kexi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kexi
Uninstall kexi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kexi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kexi
Remove kexi Configurations and Data
To remove kexi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kexi
Remove kexi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kexi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kexi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kexi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
