How To Install libmariadb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmariadb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 for MariaDB Connector/C.
Note that MariaDB also comes with an included version of the client library. The main reason to use this package, rather than libmariadbclient-dev, is differences in licensing: this package uses the LGPL, while libmariadbclient-dev uses the GPL.
There are three methods to install libmariadb-dev 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 libmariadb-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 libmariadb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmariadb-dev
Install libmariadb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmariadb-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmariadb-dev
Install libmariadb-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 libmariadb-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmariadb-dev
How To Uninstall libmariadb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmariadb-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmariadb-dev
Uninstall libmariadb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmariadb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmariadb-dev
Remove libmariadb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmariadb-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmariadb-dev
Remove 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-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmariadb-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
