Distributions Which Include MariaDB

The following distributions include MariaDB in their package repositories. For these you can use the distribution's management system to install MariaDB.

Linux Distributions

• Mageia 2 — features the latest MariaDB 5.5 release, replacing MySQL
• Gentoo
• openSUSE — MariaDB 5.3 and 5.5 are available in the obs repository
• Slackware
• ArchLinux (AUR MariaDB)

BSD Distributions

• FreeBSD — MariaDB 5.3 is available in the ports tree and the FreeBSD Manual has instructions on Installing Applications: Packages and Ports
  • MariaDB on FreshPorts

Mac OS X Distributions

• Homebrew. A good blog about Homebrew can be found here. If you have homebrew installed, you can install MariaDB by doing: brew install mariadb. Find out more at: Building MariaDB on Mac OS X using Homebrew.
• MacPorts. This provides mariadb and mariadb-server. A quick guide on how to install it.