How To Install python-egenix-mxbeebase on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-egenix-mxbeebase on Ubuntu 18.04. python-egenix-mxbeebase is on-disk B+Tree based database kit for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-egenix-mxbeebase on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-egenix-mxbeebase

python-egenix-mxbeebase is:

mxBeeBase is a high performance construction kit for disk based indexed databases. It offers components which you can plug together to easily build your own custom mid-sized databases.

The two basic building blocks in mxBeeBase are storage and index. Storage is implemented as variable record length data storage with integrated data protection features, automatic data recovery and locking for multi process access. Indexes use a high performance optimized B+Tree implementation built on top of Thomas Niemann’s Cookbook B+Tree implementation.

mxBeeBase comes with two readily usable on-disk dictionary implementations: BeeDict and BeeStringDict.

There are three methods to install python-egenix-mxbeebase 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 python-egenix-mxbeebase Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-egenix-mxbeebase using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-egenix-mxbeebase

Install python-egenix-mxbeebase Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-egenix-mxbeebase using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-egenix-mxbeebase

Install python-egenix-mxbeebase 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 python-egenix-mxbeebase using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-egenix-mxbeebase

How To Uninstall python-egenix-mxbeebase on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-egenix-mxbeebase package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-egenix-mxbeebase

Uninstall python-egenix-mxbeebase And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-egenix-mxbeebase and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-egenix-mxbeebase

Remove python-egenix-mxbeebase Configurations and Data

To remove python-egenix-mxbeebase configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-egenix-mxbeebase

Remove python-egenix-mxbeebase configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-egenix-mxbeebase configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-egenix-mxbeebase

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-egenix-mxbeebase package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.