How To Install libmariadbclient18 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmariadbclient18 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmariadbclient18
libmariadbclient18 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 the client library.
There are three methods to install libmariadbclient18 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmariadbclient18 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmariadbclient18 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmariadbclient18
Install libmariadbclient18 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmariadbclient18 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmariadbclient18
Install libmariadbclient18 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 libmariadbclient18 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmariadbclient18
How To Uninstall libmariadbclient18 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmariadbclient18 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmariadbclient18
Uninstall libmariadbclient18 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmariadbclient18 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmariadbclient18
Remove libmariadbclient18 Configurations and Data
To remove libmariadbclient18 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmariadbclient18
Remove libmariadbclient18 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmariadbclient18 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmariadbclient18
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmariadbclient18 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
