How To Install dbconfig-common on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbconfig-common on Ubuntu.

What is `dbconfig-common`

dbconfig-common is:

This package contains the core of the dbconfig-common framework. This framework presents a policy and implementation for managing various databases used by applications included in Debian packages.

It can:

support MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and SQLite3 based applications;
create or remove databases and database users;
access local or remote databases;
upgrade/modify databases when upstream changes database structure;
generate config files in many formats with the database info;
import configs from packages previously managing databases on their own;
prompt users with a set of normalized, pre-translated questions;
handle failures gracefully, with an option to retry;
do all the hard work automatically;
work for package maintainers with little effort on their part;
work for local admins with little effort on their part;
comply with an agreed upon set of standards for behavior;
do absolutely nothing if that is the whim of the local admin;
perform all operations from within the standard flow of package management (no additional skill is required of the local admin).

There are three methods to install dbconfig-common on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dbconfig-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dbconfig-common

Install dbconfig-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dbconfig-common

Install dbconfig-common 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 dbconfig-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dbconfig-common

How To Uninstall dbconfig-common on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the dbconfig-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dbconfig-common

Uninstall dbconfig-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dbconfig-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dbconfig-common

Remove dbconfig-common Configurations and Data

To remove dbconfig-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dbconfig-common

Remove dbconfig-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dbconfig-common

Dependencies

dbconfig-common have the following dependencies:

References

dbconfig-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbconfig-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.