How To Install relational-cli on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install relational-cli on Debian 9. relational-cli is Educational tool for relational algebra (command line interface)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install relational-cli on Debian 9.

What is relational-cli

relational-cli is:

Relational is primarily a tool to provide a workspace for experimenting with relational algebra, an offshoot of first-order logic.

This package provides a command line interface that can be used to execute relational queries.

There are three methods to install relational-cli 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 relational-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install relational-cli

Install relational-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install relational-cli

Install relational-cli 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 relational-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install relational-cli

How To Uninstall relational-cli on Debian 9

To uninstall only the relational-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove relational-cli

Uninstall relational-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove relational-cli

Remove relational-cli Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge relational-cli

Remove relational-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge relational-cli

Dependencies

relational-cli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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