How to Install the mariadb-client in Linux?
If you want to access MariaDB databases from other hosts, then your device must have a mariadb-client package.
Problem
How to install the mariadb-client in Linux?
Solution
Below is the command to install mariadb-client on some Linux distros:
Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mariadb-client
RockyLinux/AlmaLinux/RHEL
sudo yum install mariadb-client-*
Use the command below to see the version of mariadb-client after you installed the package:
mariadb --version
As you can see in the image above, the version of mariadb-client that you installed is version 10.11.3. But you should know that, usually by default, the package provided by the distro is a stable old version and not the latest stable version. Therefore, if you want the mariadb-client package to use the latest stable version, use the command below:
curl -LsS https://r.mariadb.com/downloads/mariadb_repo_setup | sudo bash
After that, reinstall the package using the command above (sudo apt install mariadb-client or sudo yum install mariadb-client-*), and your MariaDB version should be the latest.
Note
If you want to know how to access the MariaDB database from another host, you can go to this article.