How To Install odbcinst on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install odbcinst on Debian 9.
What is odbcinst
odbcinst is:
This package contains the odbcinst helper tool, which allows ODBC driver packages to install their own driver settings.
There are three methods to install odbcinst 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 odbcinst Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install odbcinst using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install odbcinst
Install odbcinst Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install odbcinst using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install odbcinst
Install odbcinst 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 odbcinst using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install odbcinst
How To Uninstall odbcinst on Debian 9
To uninstall only the odbcinst package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove odbcinst
Uninstall odbcinst And Its Dependencies
To uninstall odbcinst and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove odbcinst
Remove odbcinst Configurations and Data
To remove odbcinst configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge odbcinst
Remove odbcinst configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove odbcinst configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge odbcinst
Dependencies
odbcinst have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install odbcinst package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.