How To Install sqlite3-tools on Debian 12

Learn how to install sqlite3-tools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. sqlite3-tools is Command line interface for SQLite 3 (tools)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlite3-tools on Debian 12.

What is sqlite3-tools

sqlite3-tools is:

This package contains various tools such as:

  • showdb
  • showjournal
  • showstat4
  • showwal
  • sqldiff
  • sqlite3_analyzer

There are three methods to install sqlite3-tools 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 sqlite3-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sqlite3-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sqlite3-tools

Install sqlite3-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sqlite3-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sqlite3-tools

Install sqlite3-tools 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 sqlite3-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sqlite3-tools

How To Uninstall sqlite3-tools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the sqlite3-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sqlite3-tools

Uninstall sqlite3-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sqlite3-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sqlite3-tools

Remove sqlite3-tools Configurations and Data

To remove sqlite3-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sqlite3-tools

Remove sqlite3-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sqlite3-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sqlite3-tools

Dependencies

sqlite3-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlite3-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.