How To Install libmysqlclient-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysqlclient-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmysqlclient-dev
libmysqlclient-dev 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 includes development libraries and header files.
There are three methods to install libmysqlclient-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 libmysqlclient-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 libmysqlclient-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmysqlclient-dev
Install libmysqlclient-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmysqlclient-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmysqlclient-dev
Install libmysqlclient-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 libmysqlclient-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmysqlclient-dev
How To Uninstall libmysqlclient-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmysqlclient-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmysqlclient-dev
Uninstall libmysqlclient-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmysqlclient-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmysqlclient-dev
Remove libmysqlclient-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmysqlclient-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmysqlclient-dev
Remove libmysqlclient-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmysqlclient-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmysqlclient-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysqlclient-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.