How To Install kyotocabinet-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kyotocabinet-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kyotocabinet-doc
kyotocabinet-doc is:
Kyoto Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. The database is a simple data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every key and value is serial bytes with variable length. Both binary data and character string can be used as a key and a value. Each key must be unique within a database. There is neither concept of data tables nor data types. Records are organized in hash table or B+ tree.
Kyoto Cabinet runs very fast. For example, elapsed time to store one million records is 0.9 seconds for hash database, and 1.1 seconds for B+ tree database. Moreover, the size of database is very small. For example, overhead for a record is 16 bytes for hash database, and 4 bytes for B+ tree database. Furthermore, scalability of Kyoto Cabinet is great. The database size can be up to 8EB (9.22e18 bytes).
Sponsored by the same company, Kyoto Cabinet is “[a] more powerful and convenient library than Tokyo Cabinet [and] surpasses Tokyo Cabinet in every aspect”.
This package contains the documentation.
There are three methods to install kyotocabinet-doc 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 kyotocabinet-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kyotocabinet-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kyotocabinet-doc
Install kyotocabinet-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kyotocabinet-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kyotocabinet-doc
Install kyotocabinet-doc 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 kyotocabinet-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kyotocabinet-doc
How To Uninstall kyotocabinet-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kyotocabinet-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kyotocabinet-doc
Uninstall kyotocabinet-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kyotocabinet-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kyotocabinet-doc
Remove kyotocabinet-doc Configurations and Data
To remove kyotocabinet-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kyotocabinet-doc
Remove kyotocabinet-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kyotocabinet-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kyotocabinet-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kyotocabinet-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
