How To Install libmysqlclient21 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysqlclient21 on Ubuntu 20.04. libmysqlclient21 is MySQL database client library MySQL database client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysqlclient21 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libmysqlclient21`

libmysqlclient21 is:

MySQL 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 MySQL are speed, robustness and ease of use.

This package includes the client library. Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libmysqlclient21 Architecture: amd64 Version: 8.0.19-0ubuntu5 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: mysql-8.0 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian MySQL Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 7204 Depends: mysql-common (>= 5.5), libc6 (>= 2.28), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Filename: pool/main/m/mysql-8.0/libmysqlclient21_8.0.19-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb Size: 1217972 MD5sum: e154b571457a71a608f93a82bb28b73c SHA1: af98edef6342ce351619ac1fa2d39294844d988d SHA256: a8f351753e6c9e0b0fd2accf9b6097a6fbd19bc2bc2b8ebb1b73717d1f7035c9 Homepage: http://dev.mysql.com/ Description-en: MySQL database client library MySQL 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 MySQL are speed, robustness and ease of use.

There are three methods to install libmysqlclient21 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmysqlclient21 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmysqlclient21 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmysqlclient21

Install libmysqlclient21 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmysqlclient21 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmysqlclient21

Install libmysqlclient21 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 libmysqlclient21 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmysqlclient21

How To Uninstall libmysqlclient21 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libmysqlclient21 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmysqlclient21

Uninstall libmysqlclient21 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmysqlclient21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmysqlclient21

Remove libmysqlclient21 Configurations and Data

To remove libmysqlclient21 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmysqlclient21

Remove libmysqlclient21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmysqlclient21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmysqlclient21

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysqlclient21 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.