How To Install mdbtools-dev 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 mdbtools-dev on Ubuntu.
What is mdbtools-dev
mdbtools-dev is:
Utilities for reading MS Access database (MDB) files
These are development files for mdbtools, needed to build applications with it.
There are three methods to install mdbtools-dev 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 mdbtools-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mdbtools-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mdbtools-dev
Install mdbtools-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mdbtools-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mdbtools-dev
Install mdbtools-dev 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 mdbtools-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mdbtools-dev
How To Uninstall mdbtools-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the mdbtools-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mdbtools-dev
Uninstall mdbtools-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mdbtools-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mdbtools-dev
Remove mdbtools-dev Configurations and Data
To remove mdbtools-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mdbtools-dev
Remove mdbtools-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mdbtools-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mdbtools-dev
Dependencies
mdbtools-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mdbtools-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.