How To Install dbview on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbview
on Debian 9.
What is dbview
dbview is:
Dbview is a little tool that will display dBase III and IV files. You can also use it to convert your old .dbf files for further use with Unix.
It wasn’t the intention to write a freaking viewer and reinvent the wheel again. Instead dbview is intend to be used in conjunction with your favourite unix text utilities like cut, recode and more.
There are three methods to install dbview
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dbview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dbview
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dbview
Install dbview Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dbview
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dbview
Install dbview 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dbview
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dbview
How To Uninstall dbview on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dbview
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dbview
Uninstall dbview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dbview
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dbview
Remove dbview Configurations and Data
To remove dbview
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dbview
Remove dbview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dbview
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dbview
Dependencies
dbview have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbview
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.