How To Install libcppdb-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcppdb-dev on Debian 9.
What is libcppdb-dev
libcppdb-dev is:
CppDB is an SQL connectivity library that is designed to provide platform and Database independent connectivity API similarly to what JDBC, ODBC and other connectivity libraries do.
This library is developed as part of CppCMS Project - the C++ Web Development Framework.
CppDB was designed with following goals in the mind:
- Performance is the primary goal - make fastest possible SQL connectivity as possible
- Transparent connection pooling support
- Transparent prepared statements caching
- Dynamic DB modules loading and optional static linking
- Full and high priority support of FOSS RDBMS: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sqlite3
- Support as many RDBMSs as possible via cppdb-odbc bridge
- Simplicity in use
- Locale safety
- Support of both explicit verbose API and brief and nice syntactic sugar
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libcppdb-dev 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 libcppdb-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcppdb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcppdb-dev
Install libcppdb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcppdb-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcppdb-dev
Install libcppdb-dev 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 libcppdb-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcppdb-dev
How To Uninstall libcppdb-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libcppdb-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcppdb-dev
Uninstall libcppdb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcppdb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcppdb-dev
Remove libcppdb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcppdb-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcppdb-dev
Remove libcppdb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcppdb-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcppdb-dev
Dependencies
libcppdb-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcppdb-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.