How To Install opendbx-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opendbx-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is opendbx-utils
opendbx-utils 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 provides the odbx-sql utility application for accessing database content directly via libopendbx and the opendbx test suite for verifying that various backends are working
There are three methods to install opendbx-utils 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 opendbx-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 opendbx-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opendbx-utils
Install opendbx-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opendbx-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opendbx-utils
Install opendbx-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install opendbx-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opendbx-utils
How To Uninstall opendbx-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the opendbx-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opendbx-utils
Uninstall opendbx-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opendbx-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opendbx-utils
Remove opendbx-utils Configurations and Data
To remove opendbx-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opendbx-utils
Remove opendbx-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opendbx-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opendbx-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opendbx-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
