Artixlinux:
After installation run
sudo mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
Errors like
InnoDB: Error: Column last_update in table "mysql"."innodb_table_stats" is INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL but should be BINARY(4) NOT NULL (type mismatch)
may result from the left over directory /var/lib/mysql after a deinstallation. Maybe even after an update of mariadb.
Run: sudo mysql_secure_installation
Run: sudo service mysql start
Errors like
* MySQL datadir `' is empty or invalid
or
* checkpath: mkdir: No such file or directory
* Directory for pidfile does not exist and cannot be created
/etc/mysql/my.cnf must contain
- user = mysql
port = 3306
socket = /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
datadir = /var/lib/mysql
pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
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