How To Install mariadb-client on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-client on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mariadb-client
mariadb-client is:
This is an empty package that depends on the current “best” version of mariadb-client (currently mariadb-client-10.3), as determined by the MariaDB maintainers. Install this package if in doubt about which MariaDB version you want, as this is the one considered to be in the best shape.
Package: mariadb-client Architecture: all Version: 1:10.3.22-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/database Source: mariadb-10.3 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian MySQL Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 67 Depends: mariadb-client-10.3 (>= 1:10.3.22-1ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/m/mariadb-10.3/mariadb-client_10.3.22-1ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 12548 MD5sum: 4f1f1ee569531d6a46fd43cc29f2bac7 SHA1: 4f25eb4db8f0dee2ebae96672ed7ea44673a9e12 SHA256: a4e2de8d3dc2a5e67f6dc690337e401f9cf1a6848f060e8d46eef9ea7bd591ba Homepage: https://mariadb.org/ Description-en: MariaDB database client (metapackage depending on the latest version) This is an empty package that depends on the current “best” version of mariadb-client (currently mariadb-client-10.3), as determined by the MariaDB maintainers. Install this package if in doubt about which MariaDB version you want, as this is the one considered to be in the best shape.
There are three methods to install mariadb-client 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 mariadb-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-client
Install mariadb-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mariadb-client
Install mariadb-client 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 mariadb-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-client
How To Uninstall mariadb-client on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mariadb-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mariadb-client
Uninstall mariadb-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mariadb-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-client
Remove mariadb-client Configurations and Data
To remove mariadb-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-client
Remove mariadb-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mariadb-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mariadb-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-client package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
