How to Install and Uninstall default-mysql-client Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the default-mysql-client on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "default-mysql-client" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install default-mysql-client on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "default-mysql-client" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall default-mysql-client on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the default-mysql-client package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: default-mysql-client
Source: mysql-defaults
Version: 1.1.0
Installed-Size: 9
Maintainer: Debian MySQL Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: mariadb-client
Description: MySQL database client binaries (metapackage)
Description-md5: 0d975e58d81d31c2c1965d43804779c1
Section: database
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mysql-defaults/default-mysql-client_1.1.0_all.deb
Size: 2852
MD5sum: 66f2cd6169b8df248645d3bb29361e64
SHA256: 5002e7725296f20fe1befc936aa8ae6be54f9af785d04f330330bfedda42a504