How To Install libxbase64-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxbase64-bin
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libxbase64-bin
libxbase64-bin is:
Xbase (formerly known as xdb, also formerly known as xBase) is a collection of specifiations, programs, utilities and a C++ class library for manipulating Xbase type datafiles and indices.
Xbase is useful for accessing data in legacy dBase 3 and 4 database files as well as a general light-weight database engine. It includes support for DBF (dBase version 3 and 4) data files, NDX and NTX indexes, and DBT (dBase version 3 and 4). It supports file and record locking under *nix OS’s.
This package contains the utility files for Xbase distributed with Xbase.
There are three methods to install libxbase64-bin
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxbase64-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxbase64-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxbase64-bin
Install libxbase64-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxbase64-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxbase64-bin
Install libxbase64-bin 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 libxbase64-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxbase64-bin
How To Uninstall libxbase64-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libxbase64-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxbase64-bin
Uninstall libxbase64-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxbase64-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxbase64-bin
Remove libxbase64-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libxbase64-bin
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxbase64-bin
Remove libxbase64-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxbase64-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxbase64-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxbase64-bin
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.