How To Install mariadb-test-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-test-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-test-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-test-data
How To Uninstall mariadb-test-data on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-test-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
