No mysqld or mysql.server After MariaDB-Server Install – CentOS MySQL

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So… likely I'm an idiot, but I'm stuck. I just set up a CentOS 7 on Digial Ocean and I can't seem to get the MariaDB/MySQL server running.

Some output

[root@hostname ~]# yum list installed |grep maria
mariadb.x86_64                        1:5.5.37-1.el7_0                @updates  
mariadb-libs.x86_64                   1:5.5.37-1.el7_0                @updates  
mariadb-server.x86_64                 1:5.5.37-1.el7_0                @updates  

So it's installed, can we at least see the client?

[root@hostname ~]# which mysql
/bin/mysql

Let's try and start the server, just for fun

[root@hostname ~]# service mysqld start
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start  mysqld.service
Failed to issue method call: Unit mysqld.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
[root@hostname ~]# mysqld
-bash: mysqld: command not found
[root@hostname ~]# mysql.server start
-bash: mysql.server: command not found
[root@hostname ~]# 

And this is where I get lost. Looking at what is actually installed, there is no server/daemon

[root@hostname ~]# ls -la /bin/my*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3419136 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/myisamchk
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3290760 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/myisam_ftdump
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3277032 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/myisamlog
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3320200 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/myisampack
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2914904 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/my_print_defaults
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3533016 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysql
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  111587 Jun 24 10:24 /bin/mysqlaccess
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3089712 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysqladmin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3253112 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysqlbinlog
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      26 Sep  8 03:06 /bin/mysqlbug -> /etc/alternatives/mysqlbug
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3090832 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysqlcheck
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    4247 Jun 24 10:24 /bin/mysql_convert_table_format
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   24558 Jun 24 10:24 /bin/mysqld_multi
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   27313 Jun 24 10:24 /bin/mysqld_safe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3173968 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysqldump
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    7913 Jun 24 10:24 /bin/mysqldumpslow
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    3315 Jun 24 10:24 /bin/mysql_find_rows
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    1261 Jun 24 10:24 /bin/mysql_fix_extensions
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   34826 Jun 24 10:24 /bin/mysqlhotcopy
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3082072 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysqlimport
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   16204 Jun 24 10:24 /bin/mysql_install_db
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2923136 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysql_plugin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   11578 Jun 24 10:24 /bin/mysql_secure_installation
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   17473 Jun 24 10:24 /bin/mysql_setpermission
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3084760 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysqlshow
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3104240 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysqlslap
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3442464 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysqltest
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2918416 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysql_tzinfo_to_sql
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2995400 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysql_upgrade
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2913960 Jun 24 10:27 /bin/mysql_waitpid
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    3888 Jun 24 10:24 /bin/mysql_zap

Anyone care to point out what I'm doing wrong here?

Best Answer

Should anyone stumble across this, i found the solution here: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/43459/how-to-start-mysql-mysql-isnt-starting/

Repost below


To start MariaDB on Fedora 20, execute the following command:

systemctl start mariadb.service

To autostart MariaDB on Fedora 20, execute the following command:

systemctl enable mariadb.service

After you started MariaDB (do this only once), execute the following command:

/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation