How To Install mariadb-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-common on Kali Linux.

What is mariadb-common

mariadb-common 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 configuration files common to all MariaDB programs.

There are three methods to install mariadb-common on Kali Linux. 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-common 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-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-common

Install mariadb-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mariadb-common

Install mariadb-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-common

How To Uninstall mariadb-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mariadb-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mariadb-common

Uninstall mariadb-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mariadb-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-common

Remove mariadb-common Configurations and Data

To remove mariadb-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-common

Remove mariadb-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mariadb-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mariadb-common

Dependencies

mariadb-common have the following dependencies:

• mysql-common

References

• mariadb-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.