How To Install clickhouse-server on Ubuntu 20.04

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

Introduction

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

What is clickhouse-server

clickhouse-server is:

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

This package provides ClickHouse server runner.

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

sudo apt-get -y install clickhouse-server

Install clickhouse-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install clickhouse-server

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

sudo aptitude -y install clickhouse-server

How To Uninstall clickhouse-server on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove clickhouse-server

Uninstall clickhouse-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clickhouse-server

Remove clickhouse-server Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge clickhouse-server

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

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

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

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Summary

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