How To Install default-libmysqlclient-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install default-libmysqlclient-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is default-libmysqlclient-dev
default-libmysqlclient-dev 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 development libraries and header files (API and ABI defined by MySQL). Depending on the default defined through this metapackage, the underlying implementation may be provided by either MySQL or MariaDB. Build-Depend on this package and then link using -lmysqlclient. You will end up with a binary that depends on either libmysqlclient.so.X or libmariadbclient.so.X depending on the current default. dpkg-shlibdeps should correctly generate a dependency on libmysqlclientX or libmariadbclientX as appropriate.
There are three methods to install default-libmysqlclient-dev 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 default-libmysqlclient-dev 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-libmysqlclient-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install default-libmysqlclient-dev
Install default-libmysqlclient-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install default-libmysqlclient-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install default-libmysqlclient-dev
Install default-libmysqlclient-dev 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 default-libmysqlclient-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install default-libmysqlclient-dev
How To Uninstall default-libmysqlclient-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the default-libmysqlclient-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove default-libmysqlclient-dev
Uninstall default-libmysqlclient-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall default-libmysqlclient-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove default-libmysqlclient-dev
Remove default-libmysqlclient-dev Configurations and Data
To remove default-libmysqlclient-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge default-libmysqlclient-dev
Remove default-libmysqlclient-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove default-libmysqlclient-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge default-libmysqlclient-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install default-libmysqlclient-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
