How To Install portabase on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install portabase on Debian 9.
What is portabase
portabase is:
PortaBase is a program for conveniently managing one-table database files. It can be used as a shopping list, media inventory, TODO list, address book, photo album and more. It is available for many platforms, including Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and Maemo. Features include:
- String, Integer, Decimal, Boolean, Note (multi-line text), Date, Time, Calculation, Sequence, Image, and Enum column types;
- custom data views (subsets of the columns in any order);
- filter the displayed rows using sets of conditions;
- sort the rows by any combination of columns, each in ascending or descending order;
- add, delete, rearrange, and rename columns at any time;
- view summary statistics for columns (total, average, min, max, etc.);
- import data from CSV, XML, and MobileDB files;
- export data to CSV, HTML and XML files;
- command-line format conversions (to and from XML, from MobileDB, to HTML);
- optional data file encryption.
There are three methods to install portabase 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 portabase Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install portabase using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install portabase
Install portabase Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install portabase using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install portabase
Install portabase 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 portabase using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install portabase
How To Uninstall portabase on Debian 9
To uninstall only the portabase package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove portabase
Uninstall portabase And Its Dependencies
To uninstall portabase and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove portabase
Remove portabase Configurations and Data
To remove portabase configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge portabase
Remove portabase configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove portabase configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge portabase
Dependencies
portabase have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install portabase package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
