How To Install lmdb-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lmdb-utils on Debian 12.
What is lmdb-utils
lmdb-utils is:
This package provides tools for manipulating LMDB databases:
- mdb_stat - LMDB environment status tool
- mdb_copy - LMDB environment copy tool
Lighting Memory-Mapped Database (LMDB) is an ultra-fast, ultra-compact key-value embedded data store developed for the OpenLDAP Project. It uses memory-mapped files, so it has the read performance of a pure in-memory database while still offering the persistence of standard disk-based databases, and is only limited to the size of the virtual address space, (it is not limited to the size of physical RAM).
There are three methods to install lmdb-utils on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lmdb-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 lmdb-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lmdb-utils
Install lmdb-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lmdb-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lmdb-utils
Install lmdb-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lmdb-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lmdb-utils
How To Uninstall lmdb-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the lmdb-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lmdb-utils
Uninstall lmdb-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lmdb-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lmdb-utils
Remove lmdb-utils Configurations and Data
To remove lmdb-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lmdb-utils
Remove lmdb-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lmdb-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lmdb-utils
Dependencies
lmdb-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lmdb-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
