MariaDB is a community-developed fork of the MysqL relational database management system intended to remain free under the GNU GPL. Being a fork of a leading open source software system,it is notable for being led by the original developers of MysqL,who forked it due to concerns over its acquisition by Oracle. Contributors are required to share their copyright with the MariaDB Foundation (Reference from Wikipedia)

Step 1 : Add apt repository

Add the MariaDB repository information in apt. For this run the below given command.

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xcbcb082a1bb943db
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://download.nus.edu.sg/mirror/mariadb/repo/10.0/ubuntu trusty main'

Step 2: Update apt and install MariaDB Server

Run the below given command for installing MariaDB server.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server

While installation on screen you can see,it is asking for setting MariaDB root password.
Give strong password for MariaDB Server

How to start/stop/status/restart MariaDB service

To start the MariaDB Server,run the command

sudo service MysqL start

To stop the MariaDB Server,run the command

sudo service MysqL stop

To restart the MariaDB Server,run the command

sudo service MysqL restart

To get running status,run the below given command

sudo service MysqL status

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