About the MariaDB RPM Files

Available RPM Packages

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

Available RPM Packages in MariaDB

The following RPMs are available in current versions of MariaDB:

Package Name	Description
galera-4	The WSREP provider for Galera 4.
mariadb-backup	mariadb-backup is a command-line utility for creating consistent and reliable backups of MariaDB databases, supporting full and incremental backup options.
mariadb-backup-debuginfo	Debuginfo for mariadb-backup
mariadb-client	Client tools like mariadb CLI, mariadb-dump, and others.
mariadb-client-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-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 server executable names to MariaDB, like mysqld -> mariadbd or mysql_install_db -> mariadb-install-db. 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.

Installing RPM Packages

Preferably, you should install MariaDB RPM packages using the package manager of your Linux distribution, for example yum orzypper. 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

• Installing MariaDB with yum

_{This page is licensed: CC BY-SA / Gnu FDL}