[id='install-from-fedora-main-repo']
= Install from Fedora Main Repo

The community provide a MySQL package in the main repo.

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sudo dnf install {community-mysql-server|mariadb-server}
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== Configuring MySQL/MariaDB

Enable the service at boot and start:

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sudo systemctl enable {mysqld|mariadb}
sudo systemctl start  {mysqld|mariadb}
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== Installing MariaDB server from the Fedora Modular repository

To list the available versions (_streams_ in modularity terminology) of MariaDB:

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dnf module list mariadb
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To enable the version of MariaDB you want to use and make the stream RPMs available in the package set:

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sudo dnf module enable mariadb:10.4
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At this point you can verify that the available RPM provides the 10.4 verison of MariaDB server:

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dnf list mariadb-server
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To install MariaDB server:

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sudo dnf module install mariadb/server
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With modules, you could also install a specific profile: like client, devel or galera (the multi-master replica).
For instance, if you don't want to install the server stuff, but only the client packages:

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sudo dnf module install mariadb:10.4/client
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* MariaDB default root password is empty.

== Configuring SQL before the first use

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sudo mysql_secure_installation
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Some questions will be asked: answer to them as you prefer; answering _yes_ to all of them is perfectly fine.

== Using SQL

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sudo mysql -u root -p                                                                     
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== Removing SQL

I suggest to remove in the following way:

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sudo dnf remove {community-mysql-server|mariadb-server}
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