How to Install and Uninstall dbconfig-common Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "dbconfig-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dbconfig-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dbconfig-common" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall dbconfig-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dbconfig-common
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dbconfig-common package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dbconfig-common
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 1403
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Paul Gevers
Architecture: all
Version: 2.0.4ubuntu1
Depends: ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: dbconfig-mysql | dbconfig-pgsql | dbconfig-sqlite | dbconfig-sqlite3 | dbconfig-no-thanks
Breaks: bandwidthd-pgsql (<< 2.0.1+cvs20090917-9~)
Filename: pool/main/d/dbconfig-common/dbconfig-common_2.0.4ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 582442
MD5sum: 6c0dfb6eafca96b6fe101ea124a1b924
SHA1: 6ea4b9df9a67a4d71410802e37fe18e1b4e69c67
SHA256: 66fd5ca64ca8120eb761e3c9b6caa86c08457507a93d2631b97d54cdce6938ae
Description-en: framework that helps packages to manage databases
This package contains the core of the dbconfig-common framework. This
framework presents a policy and implementation for managing various databases
used by applications included in Debian packages.
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It can:
- support MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and SQLite based applications;
- create or remove databases and database users;
- access local or remote databases;
- upgrade/modify databases when upstream changes database structure;
- generate config files in many formats with the database info;
- import configs from packages previously managing databases on their own;
- prompt users with a set of normalized, pre-translated questions;
- handle failures gracefully, with an option to retry;
- do all the hard work automatically;
- work for package maintainers with little effort on their part;
- work for local admins with little effort on their part;
- comply with an agreed upon set of standards for behavior;
- do absolutely nothing if that is the whim of the local admin;
- perform all operations from within the standard flow of
package management (no additional skill is required of the local
admin).
Description-md5: 3fa1997ed54b15c65dd46db7b40eb2f0
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y