How To Install clickhouse-client on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install clickhouse-client on Ubuntu 20.04. clickhouse-client is column-oriented database system (cli client)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clickhouse-client on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is clickhouse-client

clickhouse-client is:

ClickHouse is a column-oriented database management system that allows generating analytical data reports in real time.

This package provides ClickHouse CLI client.

There are three methods to install clickhouse-client 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 clickhouse-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 clickhouse-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install clickhouse-client

Install clickhouse-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install clickhouse-client

Install clickhouse-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 clickhouse-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clickhouse-client

How To Uninstall clickhouse-client on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove clickhouse-client

Uninstall clickhouse-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clickhouse-client

Remove clickhouse-client Configurations and Data

To remove clickhouse-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clickhouse-client

Remove clickhouse-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clickhouse-client

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Summary

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