Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbd-mysql-perl on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libdbd-mysql-perl
libdbd-mysql-perl is:
DBD::mysql is the Perl5 Database Interface driver for the MariaDB/MySQL
database. In other words: DBD::mysql is an interface between the Perl
programming language and the MySQL programming API that comes with the
MariaDB/MySQL relational database management system. Most functions provided by
this programming API are supported. Some rarely used functions are
missing, mainly because no one ever requested them. However supported
features include: compression of data between server and client; timeouts;
SSL; prepared statement support; server administration such as creating
and dropping databases and restarting the server; auto-reconnection;
utf8; bind type guessing; bind comment placeholders; automated insert ids;
transactions; multiple result sets and multithreading.
There are three methods to install libdbd-mysql-perl 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 libdbd-mysql-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdbd-mysql-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdbd-mysql-perl
Install libdbd-mysql-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdbd-mysql-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdbd-mysql-perl
Install libdbd-mysql-perl 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 libdbd-mysql-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdbd-mysql-perl
How To Uninstall libdbd-mysql-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libdbd-mysql-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdbd-mysql-perl
Uninstall libdbd-mysql-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdbd-mysql-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdbd-mysql-perl
Remove libdbd-mysql-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libdbd-mysql-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdbd-mysql-perl
Remove libdbd-mysql-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdbd-mysql-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdbd-mysql-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbd-mysql-perl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
