I wanted to install mariadb on RHEL Server release 5.8 (Tikanga).

$ uname -a
Linux vlmmk644 2.6.18-308.8.1.0.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue May 29 20:48:54 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Hi,

Please attach your my.cnf file or paste its contents here.

If you didn't create my.cnf file, and you think there shouldn't be any at all, run the install script with --no-defaults option:

./scripts/mysql_install_db --no-defaults

The error message is very clear:

130126 5:16:48 [ERROR] ./bin/mysqld: unknown variable 'name=MariaDB'

our config files do not have this setting, this probably comes from one of your my.cnf files that you have on your system. 'name' is not a valid configuration variable, it wouldn't work either in MySQL or in MariaDB.

may i know what should i do now?

$ ./scripts/mysql_install_db --no-defaults
Installing MariaDB/MySQL system tables in './data' ...
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: CPU supports crc32 instructions
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: Error: Linux Native AIO is not supported on tmpdir.
InnoDB: You can either move tmpdir to a file system that supports native AIO
InnoDB: or you can set innodb_use_native_aio to FALSE to avoid this message.
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: Error: Linux Native AIO check on tmpdir returned error[22]
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: Warning: Linux Native AIO disabled.
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: 128 rollback segment(s) are active.
130126 5:51:59 InnoDB: 1.2.0 started; log sequence number 1595685
130126 5:52:00 InnoDB: FTS optimize thread exiting.
130126 5:52:00 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1602834
OK
Filling help tables...
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: CPU supports crc32 instructions
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: Error: Linux Native AIO is not supported on tmpdir.
InnoDB: You can either move tmpdir to a file system that supports native AIO
InnoDB: or you can set innodb_use_native_aio to FALSE to avoid this message.
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: Error: Linux Native AIO check on tmpdir returned error[22]
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: Warning: Linux Native AIO disabled.
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: 128 rollback segment(s) are active.
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: 1.2.0 started; log sequence number 1602834
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: FTS optimize thread exiting.
130126 5:52:01 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
130126 5:52:02 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1602844
OK

To start mysqld at boot time you have to copy
support-files/mysql.server to the right place for your system

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MariaDB root USER !
To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands:

'./bin/mysqladmin' -u root password 'new-password'
'./bin/mysqladmin' -u root -h vlmmk644 password 'new-password'

Alternatively you can run:
'./bin/mysql_secure_installation'

which will also give you the option of removing the test
databases and anonymous user created by default. This is
strongly recommended for production servers.

See the MariaDB Knowledgebase at http://kb.askmonty.org or the
MySQL manual for more instructions.

You can start the MariaDB daemon with:
cd '.' ; ./bin/mysqld_safe --datadir='./data'

You can test the MariaDB daemon with mysql-test-run.pl
cd './mysql-test' ; perl mysql-test-run.pl

Please report any problems with the './bin/mysqlbug' script!

The latest information about MariaDB is available at http://mariadb.org/.
You can find additional information about the MySQL part at:
http://dev.mysql.com
Support MariaDB development by buying support/new features from
Monty Program Ab. You can contact us about this at sales@montyprogram.com.
Alternatively consider joining our community based development effort:
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/contributing-to-the-mariadb-project/

So, It worked just fine. As Sergei said above, you need to locate your my.cnf file containing the invalid 'name' option and remove it. Until you do that, you can run the server the same way

./bin/mysqld_safe --no-defaults

$ ./bin/mysqld_safe --no-defaults
130126 06:02:18 mysqld_safe Logging to '/fisc/dba/mani/mysql/data/vlmmk644.err'.
130126 06:02:18 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /fisc/dba/mani/mysql/data
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/mysql.sock': Operation not permitted
130126 06:02:19 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /fisc/dba/mani/mysql/data/vlmmk644.pid ended

Hi Mani,

Please try to read the messages that the software produces instead of just pasting them, they do make sense most of the time. This one says there is /tmp/mysql.sock which the server needs, but you don't have permissions for.

If you need guidance on setting correct permissions on files, please read Linux documentation.

For basic information on how to start MariaDB server, please read https://kb.askmonty.org/en/starting-and-stopping-mariadb/ (you probably need all sections).

Forgot to mention: please keep in mind that if you already have /tmp/mysql.sock, there is a chance that you also have a running MySQL/MariaDB server on the machine. If that's the case, you'll need to provide a unique port and socket value for the server you are trying to start, to avoid conflicts. Yo will find how to do that in the KB section by the link above.

Thank You.

Looks like it went through now.

$ ./bin/mysqld_safe --no-defaults
130126 07:38:18 mysqld_safe Logging to '/fisc/dba/mani/mysql/data/vlmmk644.err'.
130126 07:38:18 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /fisc/dba/mani/mysql/data
130126 07:38:19 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /fisc/dba/mani/mysql/data/vlmmk644.pid ended

can you please assist me here.

i have run this command ./scripts/mysql_install_db

and now i want to start mysqld and list databases