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I installed it by running below, but I have problem starting it. Detailed info is shown at the bottom.
Running Transaction Installing : perl-DBI-1.609-4.el6.x86_64 1/5 Installing : MariaDB-compat-10.0.8-1.x86_64 2/5 Installing : MariaDB-common-10.0.8-1.x86_64 3/5 Installing : MariaDB-server-10.0.8-1.x86_64 4/5 chown: invalid user: `mysql:mysql' chown: invalid user: `mysql' Cannot change ownership of the database directories to the 'mysql' user. Check that you have the necessary permissions and try again. chown: invalid user: `mysql:mysql' Installing : MariaDB-client-10.0.8-1.x86_64 5/5 Verifying : MariaDB-common-10.0.8-1.x86_64 1/5 Verifying : MariaDB-compat-10.0.8-1.x86_64 2/5 Verifying : MariaDB-server-10.0.8-1.x86_64 3/5 Verifying : MariaDB-client-10.0.8-1.x86_64 4/5 Verifying : perl-DBI-1.609-4.el6.x86_64 5/5
Installed: MariaDB-client.x86_64 0:10.0.8-1 MariaDB-server.x86_64 0:10.0.8-1
Dependency Installed: MariaDB-common.x86_64 0:10.0.8-1 MariaDB-compat.x86_64 0:10.0.8-1 perl-DBI.x86_64 0:1.609-4.el6
Complete!
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# mysql ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2 "No such file or directory")
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# /sbin/service mysql start Starting MySQL... ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file (/var/lib/mysql/localhost.localdomain.pid).
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# /sbin/service mysql status ERROR! MySQL is not running, but lock file (/var/lock/subsys/mysql) exists [root@localhost yum.repos.d]#
Any idea