How to Install mariadb-server software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install mariadb-server software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

mariadb-server software package provides MariaDB database server (metapackage depending on the latest version), 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-server 

mariadb-server is installed in your system.

Make ensure the mariadb-server package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep mariadb-server *

You will get with mariadb-server package name, version, architecture and description in a table

mariadb-server package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Databases
Package mariadb-server
Version 5.5.52-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
Description MariaDB database server (metapackage depending on the latest version)
Sub Section Database


See Also, How to uninstall or remove mariadb-server software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?