How To Install tarantool-lts-client on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tarantool-lts-client on Ubuntu 18.04. tarantool-lts-client is Tarantool in-memory database - command line client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tarantool-lts-client on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is tarantool-lts-client

tarantool-lts-client is:

Tarantool is an in-memory database and Lua application server. This package provides a command line client for Tarantool server with support of readline, command history, reader of server binary logs and snapshot files.

There are three methods to install tarantool-lts-client 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 tarantool-lts-client Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tarantool-lts-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tarantool-lts-client

Install tarantool-lts-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tarantool-lts-client using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tarantool-lts-client

Install tarantool-lts-client 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 tarantool-lts-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tarantool-lts-client

How To Uninstall tarantool-lts-client on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the tarantool-lts-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tarantool-lts-client

Uninstall tarantool-lts-client And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tarantool-lts-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tarantool-lts-client

Remove tarantool-lts-client Configurations and Data

To remove tarantool-lts-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tarantool-lts-client

Remove tarantool-lts-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tarantool-lts-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tarantool-lts-client

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tarantool-lts-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.