How To Install mariadb-client-10.1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-client-10.1 on Debian 9.
What is mariadb-client-10.1
mariadb-client-10.1 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 the client binaries and the additional tools innotop and mysqlreport.
There are three methods to install mariadb-client-10.1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mariadb-client-10.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-client-10.1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-client-10.1
Install mariadb-client-10.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-client-10.1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mariadb-client-10.1
Install mariadb-client-10.1 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-client-10.1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-client-10.1
How To Uninstall mariadb-client-10.1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mariadb-client-10.1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mariadb-client-10.1
Uninstall mariadb-client-10.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mariadb-client-10.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-client-10.1
Remove mariadb-client-10.1 Configurations and Data
To remove mariadb-client-10.1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-client-10.1
Remove mariadb-client-10.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mariadb-client-10.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mariadb-client-10.1
Dependencies
mariadb-client-10.1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-client-10.1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.