How To Install ldb-tools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldb-tools on Debian 9. ldb-tools is LDAP-like embedded database - tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldb-tools on Debian 9.

What is ldb-tools

ldb-tools is:

ldb is a LDAP-like embedded database built on top of TDB.

What ldb does is provide a fast database with an LDAP-like API designed to be used within an application. In some ways it can be seen as a intermediate solution between key-value pair databases and a real LDAP database.

This package contains bundled test and utility binaries

There are three methods to install ldb-tools 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 ldb-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ldb-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ldb-tools

Install ldb-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ldb-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ldb-tools

Install ldb-tools 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 ldb-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ldb-tools

How To Uninstall ldb-tools on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ldb-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ldb-tools

Uninstall ldb-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ldb-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldb-tools

Remove ldb-tools Configurations and Data

To remove ldb-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ldb-tools

Remove ldb-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ldb-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldb-tools

Dependencies

ldb-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldb-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.