How To Install mariadb-plugin-s3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-s3 on Kali Linux.

What is mariadb-plugin-s3

mariadb-plugin-s3 is:

The S3 storage engine allows one to archive MariaDB tables in Amazon S3 (or any third-party public or private cloud that implements S3 API), but still have them accessible in MariaDB in read-only mode.

There are three methods to install mariadb-plugin-s3 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-s3 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-s3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-plugin-s3

Install mariadb-plugin-s3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-s3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mariadb-plugin-s3

Install mariadb-plugin-s3 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-s3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-plugin-s3

How To Uninstall mariadb-plugin-s3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mariadb-plugin-s3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mariadb-plugin-s3

Uninstall mariadb-plugin-s3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mariadb-plugin-s3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-plugin-s3

Remove mariadb-plugin-s3 Configurations and Data

To remove mariadb-plugin-s3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-plugin-s3

Remove mariadb-plugin-s3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mariadb-plugin-s3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mariadb-plugin-s3

Dependencies

mariadb-plugin-s3 have the following dependencies:

• libcurl4
• mariadb-server-10.5

References

• mariadb-plugin-s3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-s3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.