How To Install libmariadb-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmariadb-dev
on Debian 9.
What is libmariadb-dev
libmariadb-dev is:
MariaDB is a fast, stable and true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. SQL (Structured Query Language) is the most popular database query language in the world. The main goals of MariaDB are speed, robustness and ease of use.
This package includes development libraries and header files for MariaDB Connector/C.
Note that MariaDB also comes with an included version of the client library. The main reason to use this package, rather than libmariadbclient-dev, is differences in licensing: this package uses the LGPL, while libmariadbclient-dev uses the GPL.
There are three methods to install libmariadb-dev
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmariadb-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmariadb-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmariadb-dev
Install libmariadb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmariadb-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmariadb-dev
Install libmariadb-dev 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. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmariadb-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmariadb-dev
How To Uninstall libmariadb-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmariadb-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmariadb-dev
Uninstall libmariadb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmariadb-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmariadb-dev
Remove libmariadb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmariadb-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmariadb-dev
Remove libmariadb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmariadb-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmariadb-dev
Dependencies
libmariadb-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmariadb-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.