How To Install mariadb-plugin-mroonga on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-mroonga on Kali Linux.

What is mariadb-plugin-mroonga

mariadb-plugin-mroonga is:

Mroonga (formerly named Groonga Storage Engine) is a storage engine that provides fast CJK-ready full text searching using column store. This package contains the Mroonga plugin for MariaDB.

There are three methods to install mariadb-plugin-mroonga on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mariadb-plugin-mroonga Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-mroonga using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-plugin-mroonga

Install mariadb-plugin-mroonga Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-mroonga using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mariadb-plugin-mroonga

Install mariadb-plugin-mroonga Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-mroonga using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-plugin-mroonga

How To Uninstall mariadb-plugin-mroonga on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mariadb-plugin-mroonga package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mariadb-plugin-mroonga

Uninstall mariadb-plugin-mroonga And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mariadb-plugin-mroonga and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-plugin-mroonga

Remove mariadb-plugin-mroonga Configurations and Data

To remove mariadb-plugin-mroonga configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-plugin-mroonga

Remove mariadb-plugin-mroonga configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mariadb-plugin-mroonga configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mariadb-plugin-mroonga

Dependencies

mariadb-plugin-mroonga have the following dependencies:

• mariadb-server-10.5
• libc6
• libstdc++6
• zlib1g

References

• mariadb-plugin-mroonga website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-mroonga package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.