How To Install mariadb-plugin-connect on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-connect on Kali Linux.
What is mariadb-plugin-connect
mariadb-plugin-connect is:
Connect engine supports a number of file formats (dbf, xml, txt, bin, etc), connections to ODBC tables and remote MySQL tables, as well as a number of other interesting features. This package contains the Connect plugin for MariaDB.
There are three methods to install mariadb-plugin-connect 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-plugin-connect Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-connect using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-plugin-connectInstall mariadb-plugin-connect Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-connect using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mariadb-plugin-connectInstall mariadb-plugin-connect 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-connect using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-plugin-connectHow To Uninstall mariadb-plugin-connect on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mariadb-plugin-connect package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mariadb-plugin-connectUninstall mariadb-plugin-connect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mariadb-plugin-connect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-plugin-connectRemove mariadb-plugin-connect Configurations and Data
To remove mariadb-plugin-connect configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-plugin-connectRemove mariadb-plugin-connect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mariadb-plugin-connect configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mariadb-plugin-connectDependencies
mariadb-plugin-connect have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-connect package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.