How To Install gadfly on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gadfly on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gadfly
gadfly is:
Gadfly is a relational database management system which uses a large subset of very standard SQL as its query language. The underlying engine consists of Python modules. Gadfly stores the active database in memory, with logging to a file system for recovery from system or software failures (but not for disk failures).
This package contains an interactive shell and a server for use with the Gadfly SQL database.
There are three methods to install gadfly on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gadfly Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gadfly using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gadfly
Install gadfly Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gadfly using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gadfly
Install gadfly 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 gadfly using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gadfly
How To Uninstall gadfly on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gadfly package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gadfly
Uninstall gadfly And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gadfly and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gadfly
Remove gadfly Configurations and Data
To remove gadfly configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gadfly
Remove gadfly configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gadfly configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gadfly
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gadfly package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
