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MariaDB accepts any password

The answer: https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/03/16/change-user-password-in-mysql-5-7-with-plugin-auth_socket/: Apparently the mysql-server installation on 16.04 (or any 5.7 installation?) allows ...
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Debian 9: After upgrade from 8, MySQL (MariaDB) does no longer work

For some reason you don't have the file /etc/mysql/debian-start, which is the error given: 16:55:25 doraemoe systemd[6859]: mariadb.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /etc/mysql/debian-start: No ...
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Debian: apt-get upgrade says "The following packages have been kept back" for various mariadb packages

You can find a package’s changelog by going to its package page (“https://packages.debian.org/packagename”), and looking for a link to the “Developer Information” on the right-hand side. (There’s also ...
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Failed to start MariaDB database server after upgrade to debian 9

In the tutorial you should install mariadb-server in place of mysql-server. I've got the same problem on DEBIAN 9 install and these command worked for me : sudo apt purge 'mysql*' sudo apt purge '...
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The following packages have unmet dependencies: mariadb-server

I found this post and used aptitude in place of apt-get or apt, and it finally looks like there is some hope... Instead of using sudo apt install mariadb-server I used sudo aptitude install ...
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Failed to search for file: Failed to download gpg key for repo 'mariadb-main': Curl error (37)

TelcoM's comment answers the root cause of this: Apparently you have the PackageKit-command-not-found RPM package installed. It adds a special customization to the shell's "command not found&...
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The following packages have unmet dependencies: mariadb-server

It looks like you fixed it, but I'm guessing the original problem was that not all the necessary packages were purged. apt-get remove --purge mysql* only removes packages that start with "mysql". ...
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systemd status=127 for /usr/bin/install when trying to start MariaDB

This happened to me, the problem was that systemd was not updated to a version compatible with the mariadb.service configuration. I updated systemd to 241 and it started working.
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systemd status=127 for /usr/bin/install when trying to start MariaDB

in my case systemctl daemon-reexec then service mysql start
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MariaDB & Amazon Linux 2: ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib64/libjemalloc.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded

I was in the same situation. To fix, I installed the jemalloc package: sudo yum install jemalloc Symptoms: sudo find / -name "libjemalloc*" returned nothing, telling me there was no ...
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MariaDB won't start, even after reinstalling

Delete the file /var/lib/mysql/tc.log reboot the system and start maria db again. Also ensure there is enough space in /var and /tmp if you're using separate partition for them. I think once your /...
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How do I start the mariadb service on NixOS?

NixOS option services.mysql.enable works for starting either MySQL implementation (mysql-* or mariadb). Which one gets started is determined by services.mysql.package. So in your /etc/nixos/...
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How to drop a database with metacharacters in the name

Use backticks for the object name; not backslashes to escape single characters: mysql> drop database `#really-bad+name`; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
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Error while installing mariadb-server on Kali Linux

Okay so according to the error, you are missing a file. What you can do is download and extract the package and insert the missing file and then resinstall the package. First, download the package by ...
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Why do we misnomer MariaDB as a "mysql-server"?

Shouldn't the general, umbrella package be called "default-sql-server"? Definitely not. MariaDB, MySQL are far from being the only or the "default" SQL server. There's important ...
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Problem installing mariadb

mariadb is part of the base repo in CentOS 7 and should already be installed. The incompatibilities are probably due to additional repos (e.g. IUS, EPEL) you configured. Disable the third-party ...
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What is MariaDB's default password on CentOS 7?

There is no default password. But it does appear as though one might require a password when attempting to connect to a process that is not running. Is a mysql process running? ps aux | grep mysql ...
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What is the default root password for mariadb in Arch Linux?

The wiki says you should be able to log in with an empty password for root like so: $ mysql -u root -p However, you may still get an error when you use an empty password: ERROR 1698 (28000): Access ...
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MariaDB - dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

I just got this error. For those new here. The problem was from mysql database missing. Because I deleted the folders /var/lib/mysql/ and /etc/mysql/. I just executed sudo mysql_install_db. Then ...
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MariaDB client has no prompt in Emacs sql-mode

If adding to .emacs, do so as follows: (require 'sql) (sql-set-product-feature 'mysql :prompt-regexp "^\\(MariaDB\\|MySQL\\) \\[[_a-zA-Z]*\\]> ") The (require 'sql) is needed for sql-...
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systemd status=127 for /usr/bin/install when trying to start MariaDB

The only command that worked for me was using aptitude this takes a look at all necessary dependencies etc. when installing new packages. sudo aptitude install mariadb-server Another problem you may ...
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How can I get MariaDB to resume action?

You need to find out why MariaDB isn't starting. Check out this page of troubleshooting advice on the MariaDB website. It says: The reason for the failure will almost certainly be written in the ...
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Why can I not transfer a db from one container to another?

I try to transfer the database from one to another via a pipe so you need to use a pipe (|) rather than a redirection (>): docker exec 799f2226367f mysqldump -u magento -pmagento magento | docker ...
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"SSL certificate validation failure" when verifying wildcard server certificate in MariaDB 5.5

The MariaDB client libraries did not support wildcard certificates until MariaDB 10.1.23. Percona-Server's client library started supporting wildcard in Percona Server 5.7.18-16 and Percona Server 5....
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MariaDB - dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

I had a very similar issue installing MariaDB server 10.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04. Setting up mariadb-server-10.0 (10.0.31-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) ... dpkg: error processing package ...
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What is MariaDB's default password on CentOS 7?

I faced the same problem when I did a reinstall of mariadb, I was not able to logon. I found that when I removed the /var/lib/mysql directory and then installed MariaDB again, I was able to connect as ...
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MySQL/Maria Database not loading: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock (2 "No such file or directory")

Your MySQL DB is corrupted. Backup your /var/lib/mysql first. Then do: sudo mysqld --skip-grant-tables & or for Debian mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & While running it, do: $ mysql ...
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Debian 8 Jessie errors on all MariaDB mirrors : Signature by key 199369E5404BD5FC7D2FE43BCBCB082A1BB943DB uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1)

The key did change between Jessie and Stretch. For Stretch, you would use: sudo apt-get install software-properties-common dirmngr sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com ...
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How to install php + mysql on Fedora?

Your PHP configuration appears correct. Strangely, with httpd and a few other services, it seems that sometimes systemctl restart doesn't actually appear to do anything. But systemctl stop followed ...
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