How To Install restfuldb 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 restfuldb on Ubuntu.

What is restfuldb

restfuldb is:

RestfulDB is a Web frontend for SQL databases. It provides both a Web GUI and a RESTful API for interaction with any MySQL/MariaDB or SQLite database. RestfulDB is developed with off-the-shelf usage in mind, but nevertheless it provides the means to override the default interpretations of underlying database’s schema and data.

There are three methods to install restfuldb 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 restfuldb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install restfuldb

Install restfuldb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install restfuldb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install restfuldb

Install restfuldb 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 restfuldb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install restfuldb

How To Uninstall restfuldb on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the restfuldb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove restfuldb

Uninstall restfuldb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove restfuldb

Remove restfuldb Configurations and Data

To remove restfuldb configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge restfuldb

Remove restfuldb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge restfuldb

Dependencies

restfuldb have the following dependencies:

• apache2
• javascript-common
• libauthen-oath-perl
• libcgi-pm-perl
• libdata-validate-uri-perl
• libdatetime-perl
• libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl
• libfile-mimeinfo-perl
• libhash-merge-perl
• libhtml-fromtext-perl
• libjs-jquery
• libjs-select2.js
• liblist-moreutils-perl
• librestfuldb-perl
• libspreadsheet-wright-perl
• libtext-csv-perl
• libtext-csv-xs-perl
• libtext-markdown-perl
• libtext-sprintfn-perl
• liburi-encode-perl
• liburl-encode-perl
• libxml-libxml-perl
• perl

References

• restfuldb website

Summary

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