Installing MariaDB Windows ZIP Packages
Users need to run mariadb-install-db.exe, without parameters to create a data directory, e.g
C:\zip_unpack\directory> bin\mariadb-install-db.exe
Then you can start server like this
C:\zip_unpack\directory> bin\mariadbd.exe --console
If you like to customize the server instance (data directory, install as service etc), please refer to mariadb-install-db.exe documentation
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