On 10 May 2015 at 15:17, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Earl, > > >I think I found your problem, you do not have the correct package > installed > > >[root at c7-db1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep maria > >mariadb-libs-5.5.41-2.el7_0.x86_64 > >mariadb-server-5.5.41-2.el7_0.x86_64 > >mariadb-5.5.41-2.el7_0.x86_64 > >[root at c7-db1 ~]# > > >Install the mariadb-x package and you should be able to start the service > > Thanks. While I could go with mariadb 5, the goal I had in mind was mariadb > 10. They're pretty different and 10 is more advanced. Push comes to shove, > however I could go with 5. > > And to Hal.. yeah you can use service mariadb start (assuming everything > you need is there). But systemctl is the preferred method under CentOS 7. > > [root at nfsdb1 ~]# service mariadb start > Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start mariadb.service > Failed to issue method call: Unit mariadb.service failed to load: No such > file or directory. > > I guess I'll wait to see if anyone has any ideas on getting MariaDB 10 > working. I've already googled this to no avail. If nothing turns up on the > list or if I can't find anything, I'll just go with MariaDB 5. > > Thanks, > Tim > <snip> > Did a little Googling [0] and I saw that they recommend starting it as follows: /etc/init.d/mysql start [0] https://mariadb.com/blog/installing-mariadb-10-centos-7-rhel-7 -- Kind Regards Earl Ramirez