How To Install gbak on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install firebird2.5-super-dbg

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is gbak and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install gbak on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install gbak using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt -y install firebird2.5-super-dbg

Install gbak using apt

Because gbak is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install gbak using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install firebird2.5-super-dbg

Install gbak 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 Debian 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install gbak by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firebird2.5-super-dbg

How to upgrade (update) a single package gbak using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the gbak, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install firebird2.5-super-dbg

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install firebird2.5-super-dbg

How To Uninstall gbak from Debian 11

To uninstall only the gbak package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove firebird2.5-super-dbg

Uninstall gbak and all its dependencies

To uninstall gbak and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firebird2.5-super-dbg

Remove gbak with all configurations and data

To remove gbak configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge firebird2.5-super-dbg

Remove gbak completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to gbak package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firebird2.5-super-dbg

Extra info and code examples

Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL-99 features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used on production systems under a variety of names since 1981. This package contains the utilities for managing firebird servers: * isql-fb -- interactive console (original name isql) * gbak -- backup and restore databases * gfix -- check and repair databases * gsec -- manage users and roles * fbstat -- analyze databases (original name gstat) * nbackup -- incremental backup and file-level copy * gpre -- preprocess sources with embedded SQL

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install gbak using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the gbak from Debian 11.

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