How To Install libinnodb-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinnodb-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libinnodb-dev
libinnodb-dev is:
Embedded InnoDB is used independently of MySQL. It is not a plugin, nor a storage engine for MySQL. It is designed to be linked directly into application programs, and provides highly efficient, low-level database management services, not using SQL
This package contains headers and other development files.
There are three methods to install libinnodb-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libinnodb-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libinnodb-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libinnodb-dev
Install libinnodb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libinnodb-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libinnodb-dev
Install libinnodb-dev 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 libinnodb-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libinnodb-dev
How To Uninstall libinnodb-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libinnodb-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libinnodb-dev
Uninstall libinnodb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libinnodb-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinnodb-dev
Remove libinnodb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libinnodb-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libinnodb-dev
Remove libinnodb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libinnodb-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinnodb-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinnodb-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.