How to Install mariadb-common software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install mariadb-common software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

mariadb-common software package provides MariaDB common metapackage, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mariadb-common 

mariadb-common is installed in your system.

Make ensure the mariadb-common package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep mariadb-common *

You will get with mariadb-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table

mariadb-common package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Databases
Package mariadb-common
Version 5.5.52-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
Description MariaDB common metapackage
Sub Section Database


See Also, How to uninstall or remove mariadb-common software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?