How To Install mariadb-plugin-rocksdb on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mariadb-plugin-rocksdb

mariadb-plugin-rocksdb is:

The RocksDB storage engine is a high performance storage engine, aimed at maximising storage efficiency while maintaining InnoDB-like performance. This package contains the RocksDB plugin for MariaDB.

There are three methods to install mariadb-plugin-rocksdb 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-rocksdb 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-rocksdb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-plugin-rocksdb

Install mariadb-plugin-rocksdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mariadb-plugin-rocksdb

Install mariadb-plugin-rocksdb 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-plugin-rocksdb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-plugin-rocksdb

How To Uninstall mariadb-plugin-rocksdb on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mariadb-plugin-rocksdb

Uninstall mariadb-plugin-rocksdb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-plugin-rocksdb

Remove mariadb-plugin-rocksdb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-plugin-rocksdb

Remove mariadb-plugin-rocksdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mariadb-plugin-rocksdb

Dependencies

mariadb-plugin-rocksdb have the following dependencies:

• mariadb-server-10.5

References

• mariadb-plugin-rocksdb website

Summary

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