How To Install mycli on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mycli on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mycli
Remove mycli Configurations and Data
To remove mycli configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mycli package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.