How To Install libmariadb-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmariadb-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libmariadb-dev
libmariadb-dev is:
MariaDB 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 MariaDB are speed, robustness and ease of use.
This package includes development libraries and header files. To allow sources expecting the MariaDB Connector/C to build. Sources that expect the MySQL Client libraries should use files from the libmariadb-dev-compat package.
There are three methods to install libmariadb-dev 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 libmariadb-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmariadb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmariadb-devInstall libmariadb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmariadb-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmariadb-devInstall libmariadb-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmariadb-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmariadb-devHow To Uninstall libmariadb-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmariadb-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmariadb-devUninstall libmariadb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmariadb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmariadb-devRemove libmariadb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmariadb-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmariadb-devRemove libmariadb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmariadb-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmariadb-devDependencies
libmariadb-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmariadb-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
