How To Install skeema on Debian 12

Learn how to install skeema on Debian 12 with this tutorial. skeema is Schema management CLI for MySQL (program)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install skeema on Debian 12.

What is skeema

skeema is:

Skeema is a tool for managing MySQL tables and schema changes in a declarative fashion using pure SQL. It provides a CLI tool allowing you to:

  • Export CREATE TABLE statements to the filesystem, for tracking in a repo (git, hg, svn, etc)
  • Diff changes in the schema repo against live DBs to automatically generate DDL
  • Manage multiple environments (e.g. dev, staging, prod) and keep them in sync with ease
  • Configure use of online schema change tools, such as pt-online-schema-change, for performing ALTERs
  • Apply configurable linter rules to proactively catch schema design problems and enforce company policies Skeema supports a pull-request-based workflow for schema change submission, review, and execution. This permits your team to manage schema changes in exactly the same way as you manage code changes.

There are three methods to install skeema 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 skeema Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install skeema

Install skeema Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install skeema using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install skeema

Install skeema 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 skeema using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install skeema

How To Uninstall skeema on Debian 12

To uninstall only the skeema package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove skeema

Uninstall skeema And Its Dependencies

To uninstall skeema and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove skeema

Remove skeema Configurations and Data

To remove skeema configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge skeema

Remove skeema configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove skeema configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skeema

Dependencies

skeema have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install skeema package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.