How To Install mariadb-server on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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-10.5), 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 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-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 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-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-server

How To Uninstall mariadb-server on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• mariadb-server-10.5

References

• mariadb-server website

Summary

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