Hi Miguel, On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 10:26 AM Miguel Lavalle <mig...@mlavalle.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am installing MariaDB in Fedora 34 server with the following sequence of > commands: > > sudo dnf upgrade -y > sudo dnf install -y mariadb-server mariadb-devel > sudo dnf -y install git vim > > With this sequence of commands, I get the following installed: > > $ mysql --version > mysql Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.5.13-MariaDB, for Linux (x86_64) using EditLine > wrapper > > and I can successfully perform the initial setup of the root password: > > sudo mysqladmin -u root password password > > and continue with the rest of my installation. > > However, if I change the sequence of commands to: > > sudo dnf upgrade -y > sudo dnf -y install git vim > sudo dnf install -y mariadb-server mariadb-devel
Odd -> $ repoquery --deplist git vim doesn't list anything pulling in MySQL. > What I get installed instead is: > > $ mysql --version > mysql Ver 8.0.27 for Linux on x86_64 (Source distribution) This looks like an Oracle mysql-client version. Do you have community-mysql installed? > and the 'sudo mysqladmin -u root password password' command fails with: > > mysqladmin: unable to change password; error: 'You have an error in your SQL > syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for > the right syntax to use near '() IDENTIFIED BY 'secretdatabase'' at line 1' > > Could anyone shed some light on this? given mysql --version, the client version is showing 8.0.27, mysqladmin is also probably the Oracle version and is speaking a slightly different syntax to MariaDB. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss Post to : maria-discuss@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
