How To Install mariadb-plugin-connect on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-connect on Debian 9. mariadb-plugin-connect is Connect storage engine for MariaDB

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-connect on Debian 9.

What is mariadb-plugin-connect

mariadb-plugin-connect is:

Connect engine supports a number of file formats (dbf, xml, txt, bin, etc), connections to ODBC tables and remote MySQL tables, as well as a number of other interesting features. This package contains the Connect plugin for MariaDB.

There are three methods to install mariadb-plugin-connect 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 mariadb-plugin-connect 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-plugin-connect using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-plugin-connect

Install mariadb-plugin-connect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-connect using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mariadb-plugin-connect

Install mariadb-plugin-connect 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 mariadb-plugin-connect using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-plugin-connect

How To Uninstall mariadb-plugin-connect on Debian 9

To uninstall only the mariadb-plugin-connect package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mariadb-plugin-connect

Uninstall mariadb-plugin-connect And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mariadb-plugin-connect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-plugin-connect

Remove mariadb-plugin-connect Configurations and Data

To remove mariadb-plugin-connect configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-plugin-connect

Remove mariadb-plugin-connect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mariadb-plugin-connect configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mariadb-plugin-connect

Dependencies

mariadb-plugin-connect have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-connect package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.