How To Install default-mysql-server on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install default-mysql-server on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• mariadb-server-10.5

References

• default-mysql-server website

Summary

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