How To Install mariadb-embedded-devel on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-embedded-devel in AlmaLinux 8. mariadb-embedded-devel is Development files for MariaDB as an embeddable library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-embedded-devel on AlmaLinux 8.

What is mariadb-embedded-devel

MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. MariaDB is a community developed branch of MySQL. This package contains files needed for developing and testing with the embedded version of the MariaDB server.

We can use yum or dnf to install mariadb-embedded-devel on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mariadb-embedded-devel.

Install mariadb-embedded-devel on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mariadb-embedded-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mariadb-embedded-devel

Install mariadb-embedded-devel on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mariadb-embedded-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mariadb-embedded-devel

How To Uninstall mariadb-embedded-devel on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mariadb-embedded-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-embedded-devel on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.