How To Install sqlsmith on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlsmith on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sqlsmith
sqlsmith is:
SQLsmith is a random SQL query generator. Its paragon is Csmith, which proved valuable for quality assurance in C compilers.
It currently supports generating queries for PostgreSQL 9.5 or later only. SQLsmith was designed with testing different versions and even products in mind, but this has not manifested yet.
Besides PostgreSQL developers, users developing extensions of PostgreSQL might also be interested in exposing their code to SQLsmith’s random workload.
During its prototyping stage, it already found about thirty bugs in PostgreSQL alphas, betas and releases, including security vulnerabilities in released versions.
There are three methods to install sqlsmith 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 sqlsmith Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sqlsmith using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sqlsmith
Install sqlsmith Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sqlsmith using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sqlsmith
Install sqlsmith 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 sqlsmith using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sqlsmith
How To Uninstall sqlsmith on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sqlsmith package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sqlsmith
Uninstall sqlsmith And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sqlsmith and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sqlsmith
Remove sqlsmith Configurations and Data
To remove sqlsmith configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sqlsmith
Remove sqlsmith configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sqlsmith configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sqlsmith
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlsmith package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
