How To Install firebird3.0-examples on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install firebird3.0-examples on Debian 9. firebird3.0-examples is Examples for Firebird - an RDBMS based on InterBase 6.0 code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firebird3.0-examples on Debian 9.

What is firebird3.0-examples

firebird3.0-examples is:

The examples included in this package are provided as samples and are also used by Firebird’s testing suite (TCS). The examples are in the form of .h, .c, .e, .fdb and .gbk files.

Please refer to the firebird3.0-server and firebird3.0-utils packages for more information about Firebird in general.

There are three methods to install firebird3.0-examples 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 firebird3.0-examples Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install firebird3.0-examples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install firebird3.0-examples

Install firebird3.0-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install firebird3.0-examples using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install firebird3.0-examples

Install firebird3.0-examples 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 firebird3.0-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firebird3.0-examples

How To Uninstall firebird3.0-examples on Debian 9

To uninstall only the firebird3.0-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove firebird3.0-examples

Uninstall firebird3.0-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall firebird3.0-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firebird3.0-examples

Remove firebird3.0-examples Configurations and Data

To remove firebird3.0-examples configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge firebird3.0-examples

Remove firebird3.0-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove firebird3.0-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firebird3.0-examples

Dependencies

firebird3.0-examples have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firebird3.0-examples package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.