Install MariaDB or MySQL on Linux | Opensource.com
opensource.com › article › 20Oct 13, 2020 · Install MariaDB. You can install MariaDB using your Linux distribution's package manager. On most distributions, MariaDB is split into a server package and a client package. The server package provides the database "engine," the part of MariaDB that runs (usually on a physical server) in the background, listening for data input or requests for data output.