How To Install mariadb on CentOS 8
mariadb is A very fast and robust SQL database server
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb on CentOS 8.
What is mariadb
MariaDB is a community developed branch of MySQL - a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. It is a client/server implementation consisting of a server daemon (mysqld) and many different client programs and libraries. The base package contains the standard MariaDB/MySQL client programs and generic MySQL files.
We can use yum or dnf to install mariadb on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mariadb.
Install mariadb on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mariadb using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mariadb
Install mariadb on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mariadb using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mariadb
How To Uninstall mariadb on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mariadb package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mariadb
mariadb Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/my.cnf.d/mysql-clients.cnf
/usr/bin/msql2mysql
/usr/bin/mysql
/usr/bin/mysql_find_rows
/usr/bin/mysql_plugin
/usr/bin/mysql_waitpid
/usr/bin/mysqlaccess
/usr/bin/mysqladmin
/usr/bin/mysqlbinlog
/usr/bin/mysqlcheck
/usr/bin/mysqldump
/usr/bin/mysqlimport
/usr/bin/mysqlshow
/usr/bin/mysqlslap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/e0aa09059fc9d67bf7882262d6cdddd5c061a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/b90b3241ff0ec43dc10d6ca74b174cdabaef32
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/1fb9734fcbee030dba20929cbcf9d82453716d
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/eebb6e2970ca98ff9189db2931f0e502a35c7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/ac2c0569f79a5ae297c925318a480dea7945cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/023636e5d29f4cd790f6fc42fbc0af362c975b
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/9ed537fe6f6138589df9e10bc290f18072a35e
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/eec077a1018c1d2c7b2c86c74d16447024b36f
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/a3a6c473279342fd206ea1ea593a7a5cef71ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/6557d065894c8258a990ee1fbf87ab1a8db23d
/usr/share/man/man1/msql2mysql.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql_find_rows.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql_plugin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql_waitpid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlaccess.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqladmin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlbinlog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlcheck.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqldump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlimport.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlshow.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlslap.1.gz
/etc/my.cnf.d/mysql-clients.cnf
/usr/bin/msql2mysql
/usr/bin/mysql
/usr/bin/mysql_find_rows
/usr/bin/mysql_plugin
/usr/bin/mysql_waitpid
/usr/bin/mysqlaccess
/usr/bin/mysqladmin
/usr/bin/mysqlbinlog
/usr/bin/mysqlcheck
/usr/bin/mysqldump
/usr/bin/mysqlimport
/usr/bin/mysqlshow
/usr/bin/mysqlslap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/ee213da50d926710efd86ec6c55fb3eafd5f8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/8cae8b89e6b029ec6975c850832959d3b7acb1
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/7e34d72411b7014ed645d02ae6f2a76e4a5138
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/fb1875e4137b86162bc5e7add1c7b6028a8e33
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/c32ac3451b684af7c91cb18ba5755f82c3283d
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/c3baf39cd8b2812ac74739ae4b5316b3a5110f
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/6551ff57d0e5137af9af9990ea8d44f711c1b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/afbf757c693564be61a71d2652c486d269aca7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/72a6f37c7e3fba379eabb343de99d33a5355b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/ccb98b2533b517ccba0fbfcb144351959ac3d5
/usr/share/man/man1/msql2mysql.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql_find_rows.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql_plugin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql_waitpid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlaccess.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqladmin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlbinlog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlcheck.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqldump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlimport.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlshow.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlslap.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.