How To Install mariadb-common on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-common on CentOS 8.
What is mariadb-common
The package provides the essential shared files for any MariaDB program. You will need to install this package to use any other MariaDB package.
We can use yum or dnf to install mariadb-common on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mariadb-common.
Install mariadb-common on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install mariadb-common using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mariadb-common
Install mariadb-common on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install mariadb-common using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mariadb-common
How To Uninstall mariadb-common on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mariadb-common package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mariadb-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-common on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.