How To Install kexi on Debian 10

Learn how to install kexi on Debian 10 with this tutorial. kexi is visual database applications builder

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kexi on Debian 10.

What is kexi

kexi is:

KEXI is a visual database applications builder. It can be used for designing database applications, inserting and editing data, performing queries, and processing data. Forms can be created to provide a custom interface to your data. All database objects - tables, queries, forms, reports - are stored in the database, making it easy to share data and design.

KEXI is considered as a long awaited Open Source competitor for MS Access, Filemaker and Oracle Forms. Its development is motivated by the lack of Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools for database systems that are sufficiently powerful, inexpensive, open standards driven and portable across many operating systems and hardware platforms.

There are three methods to install kexi on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kexi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kexi

Install kexi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kexi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kexi

Install kexi 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 kexi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kexi

How To Uninstall kexi on Debian 10

To uninstall only the kexi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kexi

Uninstall kexi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kexi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kexi

Remove kexi Configurations and Data

To remove kexi configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kexi

Remove kexi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kexi

Dependencies

kexi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kexi package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.