How To Install clickhouse-common on Ubuntu 20.04

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

Introduction

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

What is clickhouse-common

clickhouse-common is:

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

This package provides common files for both ClickHouse server and client.

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

sudo apt-get -y install clickhouse-common

Install clickhouse-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install clickhouse-common

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

sudo aptitude -y install clickhouse-common

How To Uninstall clickhouse-common on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove clickhouse-common

Uninstall clickhouse-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clickhouse-common

Remove clickhouse-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge clickhouse-common

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

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

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

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Summary

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