How To Install balboa-backend-rocksdb on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install balboa-backend-rocksdb on Ubuntu 20.04. balboa-backend-rocksdb is RocksDB backend for balboa

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install balboa-backend-rocksdb on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is balboa-backend-rocksdb

balboa-backend-rocksdb is:

balboa is the BAsic Little Book Of Answers. It consumes and indexes observations from passive DNS collection, providing a GraphQL interface to access the aggregated contents of the observations database.

This package contains the RocksDB backend.

There are three methods to install balboa-backend-rocksdb 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 balboa-backend-rocksdb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install balboa-backend-rocksdb

Install balboa-backend-rocksdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install balboa-backend-rocksdb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install balboa-backend-rocksdb

Install balboa-backend-rocksdb 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 balboa-backend-rocksdb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install balboa-backend-rocksdb

How To Uninstall balboa-backend-rocksdb on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the balboa-backend-rocksdb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove balboa-backend-rocksdb

Uninstall balboa-backend-rocksdb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall balboa-backend-rocksdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove balboa-backend-rocksdb

Remove balboa-backend-rocksdb Configurations and Data

To remove balboa-backend-rocksdb configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge balboa-backend-rocksdb

Remove balboa-backend-rocksdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove balboa-backend-rocksdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge balboa-backend-rocksdb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install balboa-backend-rocksdb package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.