How To Install sqlite3 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlite3 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is sqlite3
sqlite3 is:
SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL database engine. Programs that link with the SQLite library can have SQL database access without running a separate RDBMS process.
Package: sqlite3 Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.31.1-4 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: misc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2736 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), libsqlite3-0 (= 3.31.1-4) Suggests: sqlite3-doc Filename: pool/main/s/sqlite3/sqlite3_3.31.1-4_amd64.deb Size: 859772 MD5sum: b6866810e606cfbec8ecfe0a6a2b5782 SHA1: 001218f4c34f2dd1e47a3a68675781ab98fd3274 SHA256: c2cfa2cae33a644eebd7de1e93e21d0adc84d9ce5ce39b07f9cb0fe89f42e2b5 Homepage: https://www.sqlite.org/ Description-en: Command line interface for SQLite 3 SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL database engine. Programs that link with the SQLite library can have SQL database access without running a separate RDBMS process.
There are three methods to install sqlite3 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sqlite3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sqlite3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sqlite3
Install sqlite3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sqlite3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sqlite3
Install sqlite3 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 sqlite3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sqlite3
How To Uninstall sqlite3 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the sqlite3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sqlite3
Uninstall sqlite3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sqlite3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sqlite3
Remove sqlite3 Configurations and Data
To remove sqlite3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sqlite3
Remove sqlite3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sqlite3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sqlite3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlite3 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
