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