How To Install mycli on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install mycli on Debian 9. mycli is CLI for MySQL/MariaDB

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mycli on Debian 9.

What is mycli

mycli is:

This is a command line interface for MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona with auto-completion and syntax highlighting. The CLI is also capable of pretty printing tabular data.

There are three methods to install mycli on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mycli Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mycli using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mycli

Install mycli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mycli using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mycli

Install mycli 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 mycli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mycli

How To Uninstall mycli on Debian 9

To uninstall only the mycli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mycli

Uninstall mycli And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mycli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mycli

Remove mycli Configurations and Data

To remove mycli configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mycli

Remove mycli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mycli

Dependencies

mycli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mycli package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.