How To Install libmariadbclient-dev-compat on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmariadbclient-dev-compat on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmariadbclient-dev-compat
libmariadbclient-dev-compat 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 provides a version of libmysqlclient.so to allow packages to link using -lmysqlclient but end up with a link against libmariadbclient instead. This allows packages designed for MySQL to link against MariaDB’s client library instead, while still permitting MySQL’s client library to co-exist on users’ systems.
There are three methods to install libmariadbclient-dev-compat 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 libmariadbclient-dev-compat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmariadbclient-dev-compat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmariadbclient-dev-compat
Install libmariadbclient-dev-compat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmariadbclient-dev-compat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmariadbclient-dev-compat
Install libmariadbclient-dev-compat 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 libmariadbclient-dev-compat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmariadbclient-dev-compat
How To Uninstall libmariadbclient-dev-compat on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmariadbclient-dev-compat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmariadbclient-dev-compat
Uninstall libmariadbclient-dev-compat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmariadbclient-dev-compat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmariadbclient-dev-compat
Remove libmariadbclient-dev-compat Configurations and Data
To remove libmariadbclient-dev-compat configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmariadbclient-dev-compat
Remove libmariadbclient-dev-compat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmariadbclient-dev-compat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmariadbclient-dev-compat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmariadbclient-dev-compat package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.