How To Install mariadb-plugin-connect on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-connect on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 update
After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-connect using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-plugin-connect
Install mariadb-plugin-connect Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-connect using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mariadb-plugin-connect
Install mariadb-plugin-connect 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-connect using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-plugin-connect
How To Uninstall mariadb-plugin-connect on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mariadb-plugin-connect package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mariadb-plugin-connect
Uninstall mariadb-plugin-connect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mariadb-plugin-connect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-plugin-connect
Remove mariadb-plugin-connect Configurations and Data
To remove mariadb-plugin-connect configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-plugin-connect
Remove 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-connect
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-connect package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
