Installing MariaDB .deb Files

Installing MariaDB with APT

On Debian, Ubuntu, and other similar Linux distributions, it is highly recommended to install the relevant .deb packages from MariaDB's repository using apt, aptitude, Ubuntu Software Center, Synaptic Package Manager, or another package manager.

This page walks you through the simple installation steps using apt.

Adding the MariaDB APT repository

We currently have APT repositories for the following Linux distributions:

• Debian 10 (Buster)
• Debian 11 (Bullseye)
• Debian 12 (Bookworm)
• Debian Unstable (Sid)
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic)
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal)
• Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)
• Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic)
• Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar)

Using the MariaDB Package Repository Setup Script

If you want to install MariaDB with apt, then you can configure apt to install from MariaDB Corporation's MariaDB Package Repository by using the MariaDB Package Repository setup script.

MariaDB Corporation provides a MariaDB Package Repository for several Linux distributions that use apt to manage packages. This repository contains software packages related to MariaDB Server, including the server itself, clients and utilities, client libraries, plugins, and Mariabackup. The MariaDB Package Repository setup script automatically configures your system to install packages from the MariaDB Package Repository.

To use the script, execute the following command:

curl -sS https://downloads.mariadb.com/MariaDB/mariadb_repo_setup | sudo bash

Note that this script also configures a repository for MariaDB MaxScale and a repository for MariaDB Tools, which currently only contains Percona XtraBackup and its dependencies.

See MariaDB Package Repository Setup and Usage for more information.

Using the MariaDB Repository Configuration Tool

If you want to install MariaDB with apt, then you can configure apt to install from MariaDB Foundation's MariaDB Repository by using the MariaDB Repository Configuration Tool.

The MariaDB Foundation provides a MariaDB repository for several Linux distributions that use apt-get to manage packages. This repository contains software packages related to MariaDB Server, including the server itself, clients and utilities, client libraries, plugins, and Mariabackup. The MariaDB Repository Configuration Tool can easily generate the appropriate commands to add the repository for your distribution.

There are several ways to add the repository.

Executing add-apt-repository

One way to add an apt repository is by using the add-apt-repository command. This command will add the repository configuration to /etc/apt/sources.list.

For example, if you wanted to use the repository to install MariaDB 10.3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic), then you could use the following commands to add the MariaDB apt repository:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el] http://sfo1.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.3/ubuntu bionic main'

And then you would have to update the package cache by executing the following command:

sudo apt update

Creating a Source List File

Another way to add an apt repository is by creating a source list file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/.

For example, if you wanted to use the repository to install MariaDB 10.3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic), then you could create the MariaDB.list file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ with the following contents to add the MariaDB apt repository:

# MariaDB 10.3 repository list - created 2019-01-27 09:50 UTC
# http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/
deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el] http://sfo1.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.3/ubuntu bionic main
deb-src http://sfo1.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.3/ubuntu bionic main

And then you would have to update the package cache by executing the following command:

sudo apt update

Using Ubuntu Software Center

Another way to add an apt repository is by using Ubuntu Software Center.

You can do this by going to the Software Sources window. This window can be opened either by navigating to Edit > Software Sources or by navigating to System > Administration > Software Sources.

Once the Software Sources window is open, go to the Other Software tab, and click the Add button. At that point, you can input the repository information provided by the MariaDB Repository Configuration Tool.

See here for more information.

Using Synaptic Package Manager

Another way to add an apt repository is by using Synaptic Package Manager.

You can do this by going to the Software Sources window. This window can be opened either by navigating to System > Administrator > Software Sources or by navigating to Settings > Repositories.

Once the Software Sources window is open, go to the Other Software tab, and click the Add button. At that point, you can input the repository information provided by the MariaDB Repository Configuration Tool.

See here for more information.

Pinning the MariaDB Repository to a Specific Minor Release

If you wish to pin the apt repository to a specific minor release, or if you would like to downgrade to a specific minor release, then you can create a apt repository with the URL hard-coded to that specific minor release.

The MariaDB Foundation archives repositories of old minor releases at the following URL:

• http://archive.mariadb.org/

Archives are only of the distros and architectures supported at the time of release. For example MariaDB 10.0.38 is exists for Ubuntu precise, trusty, xenial, wily, and yakkety obtained looking in https://archive.mariadb.org/mariadb-10.0.38/repo/ubuntu/dists.

For example, if you wanted to pin your repository to MariaDB 10.5.9 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal), then you would have to first remove any existing MariaDB repository source list file from /etc/apt/sources.list.d/. And then you could use the following commands to add the MariaDB apt-get repository:

sudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el,s390x] http://archive.mariadb.org/mariadb-10.5.9/repo/ubuntu/ focal main main/debug'

Ensure you have the signing key installed.

Ubuntu Xenial and older will need:

sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https

And then you would have to update the package cache by executing the following command:

sudo apt update

Updating the MariaDB APT repository to a New Major Release

MariaDB's apt repository can be updated to a new major release. How this is done depends on how you originally configured the repository.

Updating the Major Release with the MariaDB Package Repository Setup Script

If you configured apt to install from MariaDB Corporation's MariaDB Package Repository by using the MariaDB Package Repository setup script, then you can update the major release that the repository uses by running the script again.

Updating the Major Release with the MariaDB Repository Configuration Tool

If you configured apt to install from MariaDB Foundation's MariaDB Repository by using the MariaDB Repository Configuration Tool, then you can update the major release in various ways, depending on how you originally added the repository.

Updating a Repository with add-apt-repository

If you added the apt repository by using the add-apt-repository command, then you can update the major release that the repository uses by using the the add-apt-repository command again.

First, look for the repository string for the old version in /etc/apt/sources.list.

And then, you can remove the repository for the old version by executing the add-apt-repository command and providing the --remove option. For example, if you wanted to remove a MariaDB 10.2 repository, then you could do so by executing something like the following:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el] http://sfo1.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.2/ubuntu bionic main'

After that, you can add the repository for the new version with the add-apt-repository command. For example, if you wanted to use the repository to install MariaDB 10.3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic), then you could use the following commands to add the MariaDB apt repository:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el] http://sfo1.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.3/ubuntu bionic main'

And then you would have to update the package cache by executing the following command:

sudo apt update

After that, the repository should refer to MariaDB 10.3.

Updating a Source List File

If you added the apt repository by creating a source list file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/, then you can update the major release that the repository uses by updating the source list file in-place. For example, if you wanted to change the repository from MariaDB 10.2 to MariaDB 10.3, and if the source list file was at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/MariaDB.list, then you could execute the following:

sudo sed -i 's/10.2/10.3/' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/MariaDB.list

And then you would have to update the package cache by executing the following command:

sudo apt update

After that, the repository should refer to MariaDB 10.3.

Importing the MariaDB GPG Public Key

Before MariaDB can be installed, you also have to import the GPG public key that is used to verify the digital signatures of the packages in our repositories. This allows the apt utility to verify the integrity of the packages that it installs.

• Prior to Debian 9 (Stretch), and Debian Unstable (Sid), and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial), the id of our GPG public key is 0xcbcb082a1bb943db. The full key fingerprint is:

1993 69E5 404B D5FC 7D2F E43B CBCB 082A 1BB9 43DB

The apt-key utility can be used to import this key. For example:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xcbcb082a1bb943db

• Starting with Debian 9 (Stretch) and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial), the id of our GPG public key is 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8. The full key fingerprint is:

177F 4010 FE56 CA33 3630  0305 F165 6F24 C74C D1D8

The apt-key utility can be used to import this key. For example:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8

If you are unsure which GPG public key you need, then it is perfectly safe to import both keys.

The command used to import the GPG public key is the same on both Debian and Ubuntu. For example:

$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xcbcb082a1bb943db
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.ASyOPV87XC --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xcbcb082a1bb943db
gpg: requesting key 1BB943DB from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 1BB943DB: "MariaDB Package Signing Key <package-signing-key@mariadb.org>" imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1

Once the GPG public key is imported, you are ready to install packages from the repository.

Installing MariaDB Packages with APT

After the apt repository is configured, you can install MariaDB by executing the apt-get command. The specific command that you would use would depend on which specific packages that you want to install.

Installing the Most Common Packages with APT

To Install the most common packages, first you would have to update the package cache by executing the following command:

sudo apt update

To Install the most common packages, execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server galera-4 mariadb-client libmariadb3 mariadb-backup mariadb-common

Installing MariaDB Server with APT

To Install MariaDB Server, first you would have to update the package cache by executing the following command:

sudo apt update

Then, execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server

Installing MariaDB Galera Cluster with APT

The process to install MariaDB Galera Cluster with the MariaDB apt-get repository is practically the same as installing standard MariaDB Server.

Galera Cluster support is included in the standard MariaDB Server packages, so you will need to install the mariadb-server package, as you normally would.

In MariaDB 10.4 and later, you also need to install the galera-4 package to obtain the Galera 4 wsrep provider library.

To install MariaDB Galera Cluster, first you would have to update the package cache by executing the following command:

sudo apt update

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client galera-4

MariaDB Galera Cluster also has a separate package that can be installed on arbitrator nodes. In MariaDB 10.4 and later, the package is called galera-arbitrator-4 In MariaDB 10.3 and before, the package is called galera-arbitrator-3. This package should be installed on whatever node you want to serve as the arbitrator. It can either run on a separate server that is not acting as a cluster node, which is the recommended configuration, or it can run on a server that is also acting as an existing cluster node.

sudo apt-get install galera-arbitrator-4

See MariaDB Galera Cluster for more information on MariaDB Galera Cluster.

Installing MariaDB Clients and Client Libraries with APT

MariaDB Connector/C is included as the client library.

To Install the clients and client libraries, first you would have to update the package cache by executing the following command:

sudo apt update

Then, execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install mariadb-client libmariadb3

Installing Mariabackup with APT

To install Mariabackup, first you would have to update the package cache by executing the following command:

sudo apt update

Then, execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install mariadb-backup

Installing Plugins with APT

Some plugins may also need to be installed.

For example, to install the cracklib_password_check password validation plugin, first you would have to update the package cache by executing the following command:

sudo apt update

Then, execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install mariadb-cracklib-password-check

Installing Older Versions from the Repository

The MariaDB apt repository contains the last few versions of MariaDB. To show what versions are available, use the apt-cache command:

sudo apt-cache showpkg mariadb-server

In the output you will see the available versions.

To install an older version of a package instead of the latest version we just need to specify the package name, an equal sign, and then the version number.

However, when installing an older version of a package, if apt-get has to install dependencies, then it will automatically choose to install the latest versions of those packages. To ensure that all MariaDB packages are on the same version in this scenario, it is necessary to specify them all. Therefore, to install MariaDB 10.3.14 from this apt repository, we would do the following:

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server=10.3.14-1 mariadb-client=10.3.14-1 libmariadb3=10.3.14-1 mariadb-backup=10.3.14-1 mariadb-common=10.3.14-1

The rest of the install and setup process is as normal.

Installing MariaDB with dpkg

While it is not recommended, it is possible to download and install the .deb packages manually. However, it is generally recommended to use a package manager like apt-get.

A tarball that contains the .deb packages can be downloaded from the following URL:

• https://downloads.mariadb.com

For example, to install the MariaDB 10.4.8 .deb packages on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic), you could execute the following:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libdbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl psmisc libaio1 socat
wget https://downloads.mariadb.com/MariaDB/mariadb-10.4.8/repo/ubuntu/mariadb-10.4.8-ubuntu-bionic-amd64-debs.tar
tar -xvf mariadb-10.4.8-ubuntu-bionic-amd64-debs.tar
cd mariadb-10.4.8-ubuntu-bionic-amd64-debs/
sudo dpkg --install ./mariadb-common*.deb \
   ./mysql-common*.deb \
   ./mariadb-client*.deb \
   ./libmariadb3*.deb \
   ./libmysqlclient18*.deb 
sudo dpkg --install ./mariadb-server*.deb \
   ./mariadb-backup*.deb \
   ./galera-4*.deb 

After Installation

After the installation is complete, you can start MariaDB.

If you are using MariaDB Galera Cluster, then keep in mind that the first node will have to be bootstrapped.

Available DEB Packages

The available DEB packages depend on the specific MariaDB release series.

Available DEB Packages

Actions Performed by DEB Packages

Users and Groups Created

When the mariadb-server DEB package is installed, it will create a user and group named mysql, if they do not already exist.

See Also

• Differences in MariaDB in Debian
• Installing MariaDB .deb Files with Ansible