HOWTO : MariaDB 5.2 on Ubuntu Server 11.04

Since MySQL is now owned by Oracle, the developers of previous MySQL reformed and developed MariaDB under GPL v2. It is compatible to MySQL and running much faster than MySQL too. You can use MariaDB as alternative. The commands and API are the same, such as "mysql -u root -p".

Step 1 :

Prepare for installation of MariaDB

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 1BB943DB

Step 2 :

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mariadb.list

Append the following lines.

deb http://mirror2.hs-esslingen.de/mariadb/repo/5.2/ubuntu natty main
deb-src http://mirror2.hs-esslingen.de/mariadb/repo/5.2/ubuntu natty main

Save the change and install the following.

Step 3 :

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client

** You can also replace your MySQL to MariaDB in this way. The MySQL will be uninstall automatically. You can also use the my.cnf of MySQL without any problem or replace by the new one.

Step 4 : (Optional)

To tune the performance of MariaDB. Please see this link for reference. The settings are the same.

That's all! See you.