How To Install mariadb-test-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mariadb-test-data

mariadb-test-data is:

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.

This package has the architecture independent data files for the test suite.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-test-data

Install mariadb-test-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mariadb-test-data

Install mariadb-test-data 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-test-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-test-data

How To Uninstall mariadb-test-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mariadb-test-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mariadb-test-data

Uninstall mariadb-test-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-test-data

Remove mariadb-test-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-test-data

Remove mariadb-test-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mariadb-test-data

Dependencies

mariadb-test-data have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• mariadb-test-data website

Summary

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