How To Install skeema on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
3 minutes • 450 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install skeema on Ubuntu.
What is skeema
skeema is:
Skeema is a tool for managing MySQL tables and schema changes in a declarative fashion using pure SQL. It provides a CLI tool allowing you to:
- Export CREATE TABLE statements to the filesystem, for tracking in a repo (git, hg, svn, etc)
- Diff changes in the schema repo against live DBs to automatically generate DDL
- Manage multiple environments (e.g. dev, staging, prod) and keep them in sync with ease
- Configure use of online schema change tools, such as pt-online-schema-change, for performing ALTERs
- Apply configurable linter rules to proactively catch schema design problems and enforce company policies Skeema supports a pull-request-based workflow for schema change submission, review, and execution. This permits your team to manage schema changes in exactly the same way as you manage code changes.
There are three methods to install skeema 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 skeema Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install skeema using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install skeema
Install skeema Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install skeema using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install skeema
Install skeema 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 skeema using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install skeema
How To Uninstall skeema on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the skeema package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove skeema
Uninstall skeema And Its Dependencies
To uninstall skeema and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove skeema
Remove skeema Configurations and Data
To remove skeema configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge skeema
Remove skeema configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove skeema configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skeema
Dependencies
skeema have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install skeema package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.