How To Install gdbmtool on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdbmtool on Debian 10.
What is gdbmtool
gdbmtool is:
GNU dbm (‘gdbm’) is a library of database functions that use extendible hashing and works similarly to the standard UNIX ‘dbm’ functions.
The basic use of ‘gdbm’ is to store key/data pairs in a data file, thus providing a persistent version of the ‘dictionary’ Abstract Data Type (‘hash’ to perl programmers).
This package includes following command line tools:
- gdbm_dump – dump database content into system-independant format
- gdbm_load – recreate database from dump, created by gdbm_dump
- gdbmtool – view and modify an existing database or to create a new one.
There are three methods to install gdbmtool on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gdbmtool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gdbmtool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdbmtool
Install gdbmtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gdbmtool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdbmtool
Install gdbmtool 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 gdbmtool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdbmtool
How To Uninstall gdbmtool on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gdbmtool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdbmtool
Uninstall gdbmtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdbmtool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdbmtool
Remove gdbmtool Configurations and Data
To remove gdbmtool configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdbmtool
Remove gdbmtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gdbmtool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdbmtool
Dependencies
gdbmtool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdbmtool package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.