How To Install freecdb 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 freecdb on Ubuntu.
What is freecdb
freecdb is:
freecdb is a fast, reliable, simple package for creating and reading constant databases. Its database structure provides several features:
- Fast lookups: A successful lookup in a large database normally takes just two disk accesses. An unsuccessful lookup takes only one.
- Low overhead: A database uses 2048 bytes, plus 24 bytes per record, plus the space for keys and data.
- No random limits: cdb can handle any database up to 4 gigabytes. There are no other restrictions; records don’t even have to fit into memory. Databases are stored in a machine-independent format.
- Fast atomic database replacement: cdbmake can rewrite an entire database two orders of magnitude faster than other hashing packages.
- Fast database dumps: cdbdump prints the contents of a database in cdbmake-compatible format.
This package is derived from the cdb package, and uses the original cdb library. See http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html
There are three methods to install freecdb 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 freecdb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freecdb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freecdb
Install freecdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freecdb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freecdb
Install freecdb 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 freecdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freecdb
How To Uninstall freecdb on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the freecdb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freecdb
Uninstall freecdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freecdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freecdb
Remove freecdb Configurations and Data
To remove freecdb configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freecdb
Remove freecdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freecdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freecdb
Dependencies
freecdb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freecdb package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.