Severity: normal
There is probably room to optimize things, but I cannot see that there
would be a huge bug.
This "error" is visible only using aptitude. Normal apt-get will
resolve it just fine. And even with aptitude, you just select "yes" to
proceed with the suggested dependencies and it will end up installing
the correct packages.
# aptitude install default-libmysqlclient-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
default-libmysqlclient-dev libc-dev-bin{a} libc6-dev{a}
libmariadbclient-dev{ab}
libmariadbclient-dev-compat{a} linux-libc-dev{a} manpages{a}
manpages-dev{a} zlib1g-dev{a}
0 packages upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 38 not upgraded.
Need to get 9423 kB of archives. After unpacking 40.4 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libmariadbclient-dev : Depends: libmariadbclient18 (= 1:10.1.37-3)
but it is not going to be installed
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Install the following packages:
1) libmariadb-dev [1:10.3.11-1 (unstable)]
2) libmariadb3 [1:10.3.11-1 (unstable)]
3) libssl1.1 [1.1.1a-1 (unstable)]
4) mariadb-common [1:10.3.11-1 (unstable)]
5) mysql-common [5.8+1.0.4 (unstable)]
Keep the following packages at their current version:
6) libmariadbclient-dev [Not Installed]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
The following NEW packages will be installed:
default-libmysqlclient-dev libc-dev-bin{a} libc6-dev{a}
libmariadb-dev{a} libmariadb3{a}
libmariadbclient-dev-compat{a} libssl1.1{a} linux-libc-dev{a}
manpages{a} manpages-dev{a}
mariadb-common{a} mysql-common{a} zlib1g-dev{a}
0 packages upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 38 not upgraded.
Need to get 10.6 MB of archives. After unpacking 41.3 MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
# dpkg -l | grep -iE 'maria|mysql|galera'
ii default-libmysqlclient-dev:amd64 1.0.4 amd64
MySQL database development files (metapackage)
ii libmariadb-dev:amd64 1:10.3.11-1 amd64
MariaDB database development files
ii libmariadb3:amd64 1:10.3.11-1 amd64
MariaDB database client library
ii libmariadbclient-dev-compat:amd64 1:10.1.37-3 amd64
MariaDB database development files (libmysqlclient compatibility)
ii mariadb-common 1:10.3.11-1 all
MariaDB common metapackage
ii mysql-common 5.8+1.0.4 all
MySQL database common files, e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf
