How To Install tinycdb on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinycdb on Debian 9.
What is tinycdb
tinycdb is:
tinycdb is a small, fast and reliable utility and subroutine library for creating and reading constant databases. The database structure is tuned for fast reading.
This package contains a command-line utility to create, analyze, dump and query cdb files.
There are three methods to install tinycdb 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 tinycdb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tinycdb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tinycdb
Install tinycdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tinycdb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tinycdb
Install tinycdb 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 tinycdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tinycdb
How To Uninstall tinycdb on Debian 9
To uninstall only the tinycdb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tinycdb
Uninstall tinycdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tinycdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinycdb
Remove tinycdb Configurations and Data
To remove tinycdb configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tinycdb
Remove tinycdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tinycdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinycdb
Dependencies
tinycdb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinycdb package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
