How To Install eekboek-db-postgresql on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eekboek-db-postgresql on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eekboek-db-postgresql
eekboek-db-postgresql is:
This package includes EB::DB::Postgres, the PostgreSQL database driver for EekBoek. It also makes sure a PostgreSQL database back end is available for EekBoek. Install it if you’d like to use EekBoek with PostgreSQL (instead of the default SQLite).
There are three methods to install eekboek-db-postgresql 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 eekboek-db-postgresql Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eekboek-db-postgresql using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eekboek-db-postgresql
Install eekboek-db-postgresql Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eekboek-db-postgresql using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eekboek-db-postgresql
Install eekboek-db-postgresql 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 eekboek-db-postgresql using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eekboek-db-postgresql
How To Uninstall eekboek-db-postgresql on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eekboek-db-postgresql package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eekboek-db-postgresql
Uninstall eekboek-db-postgresql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eekboek-db-postgresql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eekboek-db-postgresql
Remove eekboek-db-postgresql Configurations and Data
To remove eekboek-db-postgresql configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eekboek-db-postgresql
Remove eekboek-db-postgresql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eekboek-db-postgresql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eekboek-db-postgresql
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eekboek-db-postgresql package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
