How To Install unixodbc-bin on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unixodbc-bin
on Debian 10.
What is unixodbc-bin
unixodbc-bin is:
This package contains three graphical applications for use with unixODBC, the Open DataBase Connectivity suite: ODBCConfig, a graphical configuration tool for managing database drivers and access to individual databases; DataManager, a simple browser and query tool for ODBC databases; and odbctest, a tool for testing the ODBC API itself.
There are three methods to install unixodbc-bin
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install unixodbc-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unixodbc-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unixodbc-bin
Install unixodbc-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unixodbc-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unixodbc-bin
Install unixodbc-bin 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 unixodbc-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unixodbc-bin
How To Uninstall unixodbc-bin on Debian 10
To uninstall only the unixodbc-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unixodbc-bin
Uninstall unixodbc-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unixodbc-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unixodbc-bin
Remove unixodbc-bin Configurations and Data
To remove unixodbc-bin
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unixodbc-bin
Remove unixodbc-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unixodbc-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unixodbc-bin
Dependencies
unixodbc-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unixodbc-bin
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.