Installing MariaDB on Debian, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint

The procedure to install MariaDB on Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint is easy and starts with a visit to the repository configuration tool from:

https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories

This tool is used for APT-based Linux distributions, such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Mint; Yum-based Linux distributions, such as Fedora, CentOS, and Red Hat; and other distributions that have support for MariaDB built-in, such as Mageia, Arch Linux, Suse, openSUSE, and others.

Tip

Many Linux distributions offer MariaDB in their repositories either as the default MySQL-compatible database or as an alternative choice. The instructions here will install MariaDB directly from the MariaDB repositories ...

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