I GOT THIS MESSAGE:
2025-11-07T03:10:20.235395Z 0 [System] [MY-010116] [Server] /usr/sbin/mysqld (mysqld 8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.2) starting as process 7714
2025-11-07T03:10:20.236117Z 0 [Warning] [MY-013242] [Server] --character-set-server: 'utf8' is currently an alias for the character set UTF8MB3, but will be an alias for UTF8MB4 in a future release. Please consider using UTF8MB4 in order to be unambiguous.
2025-11-07T03:10:20.236122Z 0 [Warning] [MY-013244] [Server] --collation-server: 'utf8mb3_bin' is a collation of the deprecated character set UTF8MB3. Please consider using UTF8MB4 with an appropriate collation instead.
2025-11-07T03:10:20.242369Z 1 [ERROR] [MY-011011] [Server] Failed to find valid data directory.
2025-11-07T03:10:20.242480Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-010020] [Server] Data Dictionary initialization failed.
2025-11-07T03:10:20.242494Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-010119] [Server] Aborting
2025-11-07T03:10:20.242759Z 0 [System] [MY-010910] [Server] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete (mysqld 8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.2) (Ubuntu).
ANYONE WILLING TO HELP?
Hi!
You have Mysql in your system by your message: "(mysqld 8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.2) starting as process 7714"
You must install MariaDB that overrides Mysql.
You need packages: libmariadb-dev-compat mariadb-client mariadb-server mariadb-common
After that If you want a clean restart (note: all logs deleted if exist!) remove hidden folder ~/.config/cqrlog before starting Cqrlog again.
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Saku
OH1KH
SAKU
THANKS FOR THE HELP. I AM NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW MANY PACKAGES YOU ARE SAYING I NEED.
I STARTED WITH sudo apt install libmariadb-dev-compat AND THE TERMINAL KEEPS SAYING IT CAN NOT GET CACHE LOCK OVER AND OVER.
HERE IS MY GUESS TO ACTUAL PACKAGE NAMES:
libmariadb-dev-compat
mariadb-client
mariadb-server
mariadb-common
AM I CORRECT.?
CAN YOU SUGGEST COMMANDS THAT WILL WORK? NOT AN EXPERT HERE.
73
BENNY K5KV
HI Benny!
Yes those are the packages.
You can install them from command terminal with line:
sudo apt install libmariadb-dev-compat mariadb-client mariadb-server mariadb-common
Or you can use GUI if your system has program Synaptic packet manager.
Then just find those from list, select them and "install selected"
More clicks, more work... That's why command console beats GUI
(actually GUI will finally use same text command behind user view)
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Saku
OH1KH