How To Install mdbtools 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 on Ubuntu.
What is mdbtools
mdbtools is:
These are various tools for manipulating JET / MS Access database (MDB) files:
- utils - provides command line utilities to list tables, export schema, and data, show file versions, and other useful stuff.
- mdb-sql - a command line SQL tool that allows one to type SQL queries and get results.
There are three methods to install mdbtools 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mdbtools
Install mdbtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mdbtools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mdbtools
Install mdbtools 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mdbtools
How To Uninstall mdbtools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the mdbtools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mdbtools
Uninstall mdbtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mdbtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mdbtools
Remove mdbtools Configurations and Data
To remove mdbtools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mdbtools
Remove mdbtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mdbtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mdbtools
Dependencies
mdbtools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mdbtools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.