How to install the latest MariaDB on Ubuntu

Question

The Ubuntu repository does not have the latest MariaDB 10.4. How can I install the latest version of MariaDB on my Ubuntu machine?

Answer 1

Here are the steps to install the latest MariaDB 10.4 on the Ubuntu machine:

• Go to https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories
• Choose a Distro (Ubuntu)  -> Choose a Release (your Ubuntu release) -> Choose a Version (your Ubuntu version)
• The above steps will give you the list of commands that you need to run from your terminal.
• Here are the commands to run to install MariaDB 10.4 from the MariaDB repository on your Ubuntu system:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el] http://mirror.ehv.weppel.nl/mariadb/repo/10.4/ubuntu bionic main'
 

• Once the key is imported and the repository added, you can install MariaDB 10.4 from the MariaDB repository with:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mariadb-server

If the above steps give the error, check the link given in the first step.