How To Install mysql-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-common on Kali Linux.

What is mysql-common

mysql-common is:

MySQL 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 MySQL are speed, robustness and ease of use.

This package includes files needed by all versions of the client library, e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf.

There are three methods to install mysql-common 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 mysql-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mysql-common

Install mysql-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mysql-common

Install mysql-common 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 mysql-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mysql-common

How To Uninstall mysql-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mysql-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mysql-common

Uninstall mysql-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mysql-common

Remove mysql-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mysql-common

Remove mysql-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mysql-common

Dependencies

mysql-common have the following dependencies:

References

• mysql-common website

Summary

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