mariadb-common software package provides MariaDB common metapackage, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install mariadb-common
mariadb-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the mariadb-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep mariadb-common *
You will get with mariadb-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Databases |
| Package | mariadb-common |
| Version | 5.5.52-1ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| Description | MariaDB common metapackage |
| Sub Section | Database |