How To Install mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy on Debian 12.
What is mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy
mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy is:
The various MariaDB storage engines, such as InnoDB, RocksDB, Mroonga, can use different compression libraries.
Plugin provides Snappy (https://github.com/google/snappy) compression
Note that these affect InnoDB and Mroonga only; RocksDB still uses the compression algorithms from its own library
There are three methods to install mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy on Debian 12. 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-provider-snappy 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-provider-snappy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy
Install mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy
Install mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy
How To Uninstall mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy
Uninstall mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy
Remove mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy Configurations and Data
To remove mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy
Remove mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy
Dependencies
mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
