How To Install libmysqlclient-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysqlclient-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libmysqlclient-dev is MySQL database development files MySQL database development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysqlclient-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libmysqlclient-dev

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 includes development libraries and header files.

Package: libmysqlclient-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 8.0.19-0ubuntu5 Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: mysql-8.0 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian MySQL Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 9507 Depends: libmysqlclient21 (= 8.0.19-0ubuntu5), libssl-dev, zlib1g-dev Breaks: libmysqld-dev (« 8.0) Replaces: libmysqld-dev (« 8.0) Filename: pool/main/m/mysql-8.0/libmysqlclient-dev_8.0.19-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb Size: 1519876 MD5sum: 494e33feeb89f597596a73a5819de25e SHA1: 1706a3125a62bb7027bc573268aaaa6112b62b76 SHA256: f55b3280fb1bc070834ebac932531be5f67d0966b76b02ab65e118c932cd1646 Homepage: http://dev.mysql.com/ Description-en: MySQL database development files 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 development libraries and header files.

There are three methods to install libmysqlclient-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install 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 libmysqlclient-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmysqlclient-dev

Install libmysqlclient-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmysqlclient-dev

Install 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 libmysqlclient-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmysqlclient-dev

How To Uninstall libmysqlclient-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libmysqlclient-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmysqlclient-dev

Uninstall libmysqlclient-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmysqlclient-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmysqlclient-dev

Remove libmysqlclient-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmysqlclient-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmysqlclient-dev

Remove libmysqlclient-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmysqlclient-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysqlclient-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.