About the MariaDB RPM Files
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Available RPM Packages
The available RPM packages depend on the specific MariaDB release series.
Available RPM Packages in MariaDB 10.4
MariaDB starting with 10.4
From MariaDB 10.4, the following RPMs are available:
Package Name | Description |
---|---|
galera-4 | The WSREP provider for Galera 4. |
MariaDB-backup | Mariabackup |
MariaDB-backup-debuginfo | Debuginfo for Mariabackup |
MariaDB-client | Client tools like mariadb CLI, mariadb-dump, and others. |
MariaDB-client-debuginfo | Debuginfo for client tools like mariadb CLI, mariadb-dump , and others. |
MariaDB-common | Character set files and /etc/my.cnf |
MariaDB-common-debuginfo | Debuginfo for character set files and /etc/my.cnf |
MariaDB-compat | Old shared client libraries, may be needed by old MariaDB or MySQL clients |
MariaDB-connect-engine | The CONNECT storage engine. |
MariaDB-connect-engine-debuginfo | Debuginfo for the CONNECT storage engine. |
MariaDB-cracklib-password-check | The cracklib_password_check password validation plugin. |
MariaDB-cracklib-password-check | Debuginfo for the cracklib_password_check password validation plugin. |
MariaDB-devel | Development headers and static libraries. |
MariaDB-devel-debuginfo | Debuginfo for development headers and static libraries. |
MariaDB-gssapi-server | The gssapi authentication plugin. |
MariaDB-gssapi-server-debuginfo | Debuginfo for the gssapi authentication plugin. |
MariaDB-rocksdb-engine | The MyRocks storage engine. |
MariaDB-rocksdb-engine-debuginfo | Debuginfo for the MyRocks storage engine. |
MariaDB-server | The server and server tools, like myisamchk and mariadb-hotcopy are here. |
MariaDB-server-compat | Symbolic links from old MySQL tool names to MariaDB, like mysqladmin -> mariadb-admin or mysql -> mariadb . Good to have if you are using MySQL tool names in your scripts. |
MariaDB-server-debuginfo | Debuginfo for the server and server tools, like myisamchk and mariadb-hotcopy are here. |
MariaDB-shared | Dynamic client libraries. |
MariaDB-shared-debuginfo | Debuginfo for dynamic client libraries. |
MariaDB-test | mysql-client-test executable, and mysql-test framework with the tests. |
MariaDB-test-debuginfo | Debuginfo for mysql-client-test executable, and mysql-test framework with the tests. |
MariaDB-tokudb-engine | The TokuDB storage engine. |
MariaDB-tokudb-engine-debuginfo | Debuginfo for the TokuDB storage engine. |
Available RPM Packages in MariaDB 10.2 and MariaDB 10.3
MariaDB starting with 10.2
In MariaDB 10.2 and MariaDB 10.3, the following RPMs are available:
Package Name | Description |
---|---|
galera | The WSREP provider for Galera 3. |
MariaDB-backup | Mariabackup |
MariaDB-backup-debuginfo | Debuginfo for Mariabackup |
MariaDB-client | Client tools like mysql CLI, mysqldump , and others. |
MariaDB-client-debuginfo | Debuginfo for client tools like mysql CLI, mariadb-dump , and others. |
MariaDB-common | Character set files and /etc/my.cnf |
MariaDB-common-debuginfo | Debuginfo for character set files and /etc/my.cnf |
MariaDB-compat | Old shared client libraries, may be needed by old MariaDB or MySQL clients |
MariaDB-connect-engine | The CONNECT storage engine. |
MariaDB-connect-engine-debuginfo | Debuginfo for the CONNECT storage engine. |
MariaDB-cracklib-password-check | The cracklib_password_check password validation plugin. |
MariaDB-cracklib-password-check | Debuginfo for the cracklib_password_check password validation plugin. |
MariaDB-devel | Development headers and static libraries. |
MariaDB-devel-debuginfo | Debuginfo for development headers and static libraries. |
MariaDB-gssapi-server | The gssapi authentication plugin. |
MariaDB-gssapi-server-debuginfo | Debuginfo for the gssapi authentication plugin. |
MariaDB-rocksdb-engine | The MyRocks storage engine. |
MariaDB-rocksdb-engine-debuginfo | Debuginfo for the MyRocks storage engine. |
MariaDB-server | The server and server tools, like myisamchk and mariadb-hotcopy are here. |
MariaDB-server-debuginfo | Debuginfo for the server and server tools, like myisamchk and mariadb-hotcopy are here. |
MariaDB-shared | Dynamic client libraries. |
MariaDB-shared-debuginfo | Debuginfo for dynamic client libraries. |
MariaDB-test | mysql-client-test executable, and mysql-test framework with the tests. |
MariaDB-test-debuginfo | Debuginfo for mysql-client-test executable, and mysql-test framework with the tests. |
MariaDB-tokudb-engine | The TokuDB storage engine. |
MariaDB-tokudb-engine-debuginfo | Debuginfo for the TokuDB storage engine. |
Installing RPM Packages
Preferably, you should install MariaDB RPM packages using the package manager
of your Linux distribution, for example yum
or
zypper
. But you can also use the lower-level
rpm
tool.
Actions Performed by RPM Packages
Users and Groups Created
When the MariaDB-server
RPM package is installed, it will create a user and group named mysql
, if it does not already exist.
See Also
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