How To Install cl-sql-tests on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-sql-tests on Ubuntu 20.04. cl-sql-tests is Testing suite for CLSQL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-sql-tests on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is cl-sql-tests

cl-sql-tests is:

This package contains a test suite for CLSQL. It requires manual configuration of MySQL and PostgreSQL databases to execute. A configured, licensed version of AllegroCL with ODBC setup is required to test the clsql-aodbc interface. See the /usr/share/doc/cl-sql-tests/README file if you want to try running these regression tests.

There are three methods to install cl-sql-tests 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 cl-sql-tests Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-sql-tests

Install cl-sql-tests Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-sql-tests using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cl-sql-tests

Install cl-sql-tests 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 cl-sql-tests using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-sql-tests

How To Uninstall cl-sql-tests on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the cl-sql-tests package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cl-sql-tests

Uninstall cl-sql-tests And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cl-sql-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-sql-tests

Remove cl-sql-tests Configurations and Data

To remove cl-sql-tests configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-sql-tests

Remove cl-sql-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cl-sql-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-sql-tests

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Summary

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