How To Install default-mysql-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install default-mysql-client on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is default-mysql-client
default-mysql-client is:
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.
This package depends on the default implementation of the client binaries and the additional tools innotop and mysqlreport.
There are three methods to install default-mysql-client 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 default-mysql-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 default-mysql-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install default-mysql-client
Install default-mysql-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install default-mysql-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install default-mysql-client
Install default-mysql-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 default-mysql-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install default-mysql-client
How To Uninstall default-mysql-client on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the default-mysql-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove default-mysql-client
Uninstall default-mysql-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall default-mysql-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove default-mysql-client
Remove default-mysql-client Configurations and Data
To remove default-mysql-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge default-mysql-client
Remove default-mysql-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove default-mysql-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge default-mysql-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install default-mysql-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
