How To Install dbconfig-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbconfig-common
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dbconfig-common
dbconfig-common is:
This package contains the core of the dbconfig-common framework. This framework presents a policy and implementation for managing various databases used by applications included in Debian packages.
It can:
- support MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and SQLite based applications;
- create or remove databases and database users;
- access local or remote databases;
- upgrade/modify databases when upstream changes database structure;
- generate config files in many formats with the database info;
- import configs from packages previously managing databases on their own;
- prompt users with a set of normalized, pre-translated questions;
- handle failures gracefully, with an option to retry;
- do all the hard work automatically;
- work for package maintainers with little effort on their part;
- work for local admins with little effort on their part;
- comply with an agreed upon set of standards for behavior;
- do absolutely nothing if that is the whim of the local admin;
- perform all operations from within the standard flow of package management (no additional skill is required of the local admin).
There are three methods to install dbconfig-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 dbconfig-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 dbconfig-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dbconfig-common
Install dbconfig-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dbconfig-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dbconfig-common
Install dbconfig-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 dbconfig-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dbconfig-common
How To Uninstall dbconfig-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dbconfig-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dbconfig-common
Uninstall dbconfig-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dbconfig-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dbconfig-common
Remove dbconfig-common Configurations and Data
To remove dbconfig-common
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dbconfig-common
Remove dbconfig-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dbconfig-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dbconfig-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbconfig-common
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.