How To Install traildb-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install traildb-cli on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is traildb-cli
traildb-cli is:
TrailDB is a highly optimized database library, written in C, which allows you to store and query trillions of discrete events quickly. In contrast to many other time-series databases, TrailDB focuses on discrete data, like events in a log file, which it can compress efficiently using a custom compression algorithm.
This package contains cli tool for traildb.
There are three methods to install traildb-cli 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 traildb-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install traildb-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install traildb-cli
Install traildb-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install traildb-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install traildb-cli
Install traildb-cli 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 traildb-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install traildb-cli
How To Uninstall traildb-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the traildb-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove traildb-cli
Uninstall traildb-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall traildb-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove traildb-cli
Remove traildb-cli Configurations and Data
To remove traildb-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge traildb-cli
Remove traildb-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove traildb-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge traildb-cli
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install traildb-cli package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
