How To Install mysql-server-core-5.7 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-server-core-5.7 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mysql-server-core-5.7
mysql-server-core-5.7 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 the server binaries but doesn’t contain all the infrastructure needed to setup system databases.
There are three methods to install mysql-server-core-5.7 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 mysql-server-core-5.7 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-server-core-5.7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mysql-server-core-5.7
Install mysql-server-core-5.7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mysql-server-core-5.7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mysql-server-core-5.7
Install mysql-server-core-5.7 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 mysql-server-core-5.7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mysql-server-core-5.7
How To Uninstall mysql-server-core-5.7 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mysql-server-core-5.7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mysql-server-core-5.7
Uninstall mysql-server-core-5.7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mysql-server-core-5.7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mysql-server-core-5.7
Remove mysql-server-core-5.7 Configurations and Data
To remove mysql-server-core-5.7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mysql-server-core-5.7
Remove mysql-server-core-5.7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mysql-server-core-5.7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mysql-server-core-5.7
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-server-core-5.7 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
