How To Install mariadb-plugin-spider on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-spider on Ubuntu 18.04. mariadb-plugin-spider is Spider storage engine for MariaDB

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-spider on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is mariadb-plugin-spider

mariadb-plugin-spider is:

The Spider storage engine with built-in sharding features. It supports partitioning and xa transactions, and allows tables of different MariaDB instances to be handled as if they were on the same instance. It refers to one possible implementation of ISO/IEC 9075-9:2008 SQL/MED.

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

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

Install mariadb-plugin-spider Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mariadb-plugin-spider

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

sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-plugin-spider

How To Uninstall mariadb-plugin-spider on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove mariadb-plugin-spider

Uninstall mariadb-plugin-spider And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mariadb-plugin-spider 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-spider

Remove mariadb-plugin-spider Configurations and Data

To remove mariadb-plugin-spider configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-spider package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.