How To Install mysql-server on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-server on Ubuntu 18.04. mysql-server is MySQL database server (metapackage depending on the latest version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-server on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is mysql-server

mysql-server is:

This is an empty package that depends on the current “best” version of mysql-server (currently mysql-server-5.7), as determined by the MySQL maintainers. Install this package if in doubt about which MySQL version you need. That will install the version recommended by the package maintainers.

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 mysql-server 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04

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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.