How To Install kyotocabinet-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kyotocabinet-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kyotocabinet-utils
kyotocabinet-utils 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.
This package contains the kcutilmgr tool, used to compile kyotocabinet language bindings without Debian patches applied, and well as testing and debugging utilities.
There are three methods to install kyotocabinet-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kyotocabinet-utils
Install kyotocabinet-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kyotocabinet-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kyotocabinet-utils
Install kyotocabinet-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kyotocabinet-utils
How To Uninstall kyotocabinet-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kyotocabinet-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kyotocabinet-utils
Uninstall kyotocabinet-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kyotocabinet-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kyotocabinet-utils
Remove kyotocabinet-utils Configurations and Data
To remove kyotocabinet-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kyotocabinet-utils
Remove kyotocabinet-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kyotocabinet-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kyotocabinet-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kyotocabinet-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
