

You can check whether MariaDB service is up and running using the following systemctl command. It is a common practice within Debian and its derivatives such as Ubuntu to automatically start and enable daemons via systemd, immediately after they’re installed. You can install the MariaDB server package from the Debian official repositories by running the following command, which will install the MariaDB server, client and all its dependencies. Note: If you are operating the system as a non-administrative user, employ the sudo command to gain root privileges and if you have MySQL installed and running, stop it and disable it before you continue.

MariaDB is an enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL being used by organizations and companies such as Wikipedia,, Google and many others. It is a fast, scalable and robust database system, with a rich ecosystem of storage engines, plugins, and many other tools which provides an SQL interface for accessing data.

MariaDB is an open-source and popular relational database management system ( RDBMS) made by the original developers of MySQL.
