How To Install default-mysql-server on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install default-mysql-server on Debian 12.
What is default-mysql-server
default-mysql-server 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 all the infrastructure needed to setup system databases.
There are three methods to install default-mysql-server on Debian 12. 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-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 default-mysql-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install default-mysql-server
Install default-mysql-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install default-mysql-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install default-mysql-server
Install default-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 default-mysql-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install default-mysql-server
How To Uninstall default-mysql-server on Debian 12
To uninstall only the default-mysql-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove default-mysql-server
Uninstall default-mysql-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall default-mysql-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove default-mysql-server
Remove default-mysql-server Configurations and Data
To remove default-mysql-server configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge default-mysql-server
Remove default-mysql-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove default-mysql-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge default-mysql-server
Dependencies
default-mysql-server have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install default-mysql-server package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.