How To Install odbc-mariadb on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install odbc-mariadb
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is odbc-mariadb
odbc-mariadb is:
This package provides a driver that allows ODBC-enabled applications to access MariaDB databases. ODBC is an abstraction layer that allows applications written for that layer to access databases in a manner that is relatively independent of the particular database management system.
There are three methods to install odbc-mariadb
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install odbc-mariadb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install odbc-mariadb
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install odbc-mariadb
Install odbc-mariadb Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install odbc-mariadb
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install odbc-mariadb
Install odbc-mariadb 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 odbc-mariadb
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install odbc-mariadb
How To Uninstall odbc-mariadb on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the odbc-mariadb
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove odbc-mariadb
Uninstall odbc-mariadb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall odbc-mariadb
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove odbc-mariadb
Remove odbc-mariadb Configurations and Data
To remove odbc-mariadb
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge odbc-mariadb
Remove odbc-mariadb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove odbc-mariadb
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge odbc-mariadb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install odbc-mariadb
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.