How To Install default-mysql-client on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install default-mysql-client on Kali Linux. default-mysql-client is MySQL database client binaries (metapackage)

Introduction

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

What is default-mysql-client

default-mysql-client 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 depends on the default implementation of the client binaries and the additional tools innotop and mysqlreport.

There are three methods to install default-mysql-client 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 default-mysql-client Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install default-mysql-client

Install default-mysql-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install default-mysql-client

Install default-mysql-client 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 default-mysql-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install default-mysql-client

How To Uninstall default-mysql-client on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove default-mysql-client

Uninstall default-mysql-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove default-mysql-client

Remove default-mysql-client Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge default-mysql-client

Remove default-mysql-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge default-mysql-client

Dependencies

default-mysql-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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