How To Install sqlite-utils on Debian 12

Learn how to install sqlite-utils on Debian 12 with this tutorial. sqlite-utils is CLI tool and Python utility functions for manipulating SQLite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlite-utils on Debian 12.

What is sqlite-utils

sqlite-utils is:

Feature highlights:

  • Pipe JSON (or CSV or TSV) directly into a new SQLite database file, automatically creating a table with the appropriate schema
  • Run in-memory SQL queries, including joins, directly against data in CSV, TSV or JSON files and view the results.
  • Configure SQLite full-text search against your database tables and run search queries against them, ordered by relevance
  • Run transformations against your tables to make schema changes that SQLite ALTER TABLE does not directly support, such as changing the type of a column
  • Extract columns into separate tables to better normalize your existing data

There are three methods to install sqlite-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 sqlite-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 sqlite-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sqlite-utils

Install sqlite-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sqlite-utils

Install sqlite-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 sqlite-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sqlite-utils

How To Uninstall sqlite-utils on Debian 12

To uninstall only the sqlite-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sqlite-utils

Uninstall sqlite-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sqlite-utils

Remove sqlite-utils Configurations and Data

To remove sqlite-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sqlite-utils

Remove sqlite-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sqlite-utils

Dependencies

sqlite-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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