How To Install libopendbx1-firebird on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopendbx1-firebird on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopendbx1-firebird
libopendbx1-firebird is:
OpenDBX provides a simple and lightweight API for interfacing native relational database APIs in a consistent way. By using the OpenDBX API you don’t have to adapt your program to the different database APIs by yourself.
This package contains the Firebird backend.
There are three methods to install libopendbx1-firebird 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 libopendbx1-firebird Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopendbx1-firebird using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopendbx1-firebird
Install libopendbx1-firebird Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopendbx1-firebird using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopendbx1-firebird
Install libopendbx1-firebird 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 libopendbx1-firebird using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopendbx1-firebird
How To Uninstall libopendbx1-firebird on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopendbx1-firebird package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopendbx1-firebird
Uninstall libopendbx1-firebird And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopendbx1-firebird and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopendbx1-firebird
Remove libopendbx1-firebird Configurations and Data
To remove libopendbx1-firebird configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopendbx1-firebird
Remove libopendbx1-firebird configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopendbx1-firebird configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopendbx1-firebird
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopendbx1-firebird package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
