Step-by-step – How to Install MariaDB on Arch Linux

Installing

2. 2. Installing MariaDB

   Then to Install MariaDB in Arch Linux
   Simply play:

   sudo pacman -Sy mariadb

   And in case for the MariaDB Client Tools again:

   sudo pacman -Sy mariadb-clients

   Finally, to achieve the setup run:

   sudo mariadb-install-db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql