How To Install mysql-server on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-server
on Debian 9.
What is mysql-server
mysql-server is:
This is a transitional MySQL database that depends on default MySQL database metapackage. It can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install mysql-server
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 mysql-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mysql-server
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mysql-server
Install mysql-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mysql-server
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mysql-server
Install mysql-server 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 mysql-server
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mysql-server
How To Uninstall mysql-server on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mysql-server
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mysql-server
Uninstall mysql-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mysql-server
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mysql-server
Remove mysql-server Configurations and Data
To remove mysql-server
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mysql-server
Remove mysql-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mysql-server
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mysql-server
Dependencies
mysql-server have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-server
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.