How To Install mariadb-server on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-server on Debian 10.
What is mariadb-server
mariadb-server is:
This is an empty package that depends on the current “best” version of mariadb-server (currently mariadb-server-10.3), as determined by the MariaDB maintainers. Install this package if in doubt about which MariaDB version you need. That will install the version recommended by the package maintainers.
MariaDB is a fast, stable and true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. SQL (Structured Query Language) is the most popular database query language in the world. The main goals of MariaDB are speed, robustness and ease of use.
There are three methods to install mariadb-server on Debian 10. 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-server 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-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-server
Install mariadb-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mariadb-server
Install mariadb-server 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-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-server
How To Uninstall mariadb-server on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mariadb-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mariadb-server
Uninstall mariadb-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mariadb-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-server
Remove mariadb-server Configurations and Data
To remove mariadb-server configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-server
Remove mariadb-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mariadb-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mariadb-server
Dependencies
mariadb-server have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-server package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.