Maria DB installation in ubuntu

Follow the Process. Type:

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client

Do not miss to Secure your DB:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter Set root password? [Y/n]: Y New password: Enter password Re-enter new password: Repeat password Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]: Y Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y

Finally Restart you DB:

sudo systemctl restart mysql.service

MariaDB can be installed with the following commands on Ubuntu 16.04

apt-get update;
apt-get install mariadb-server;