I've just installed maria on ubuntu but cannot start mariadb:
× mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.6.18 database server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled;
vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2024-07-21
16:12:47 UTC; 54s ago
Docs: man:mariadbd(8)
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/systemd/
Process: 3483 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/install -m 755 -o mysql -g
root -d /var/run/mysqld (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 3484 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c systemctl
unset-environment _WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 3486 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ ! -e
/usr/bin/galera_recovery ] && VAR= || VAR=`cd
/usr/bin/..; /usr/bin/galera_recovery`; [ $? -eq 0 ] &&
systemctl set>
Process: 3515 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mariadbd $MYSQLD_OPTS
$_WSREP_NEW_CLUSTER $_WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 3515 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Status: "MariaDB server is down"
CPU: 114ms
Jul 21 16:12:47 dap002 mariadbd[3515]: 2024-07-21 16:12:47 0
[ERROR] InnoDB: Plugin initialization aborted with error Generic
error
Jul 21 16:12:47 dap002 mariadbd[3515]: 2024-07-21 16:12:47 0
[Note] InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
Jul 21 16:12:47 dap002 mariadbd[3515]: 2024-07-21 16:12:47 0
[ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.
Jul 21 16:12:47 dap002 mariadbd[3515]: 2024-07-21 16:12:47 0
[Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled.
Jul 21 16:12:47 dap002 mariadbd[3515]: 2024-07-21 16:12:47 0
[ERROR] Could not open mysql.plugin table: "Unknown storage engine
'Aria'". Some plugins may be not loaded
Jul 21 16:12:47 dap002 mariadbd[3515]: 2024-07-21 16:12:47 0
[ERROR] Failed to initialize plugins.
Jul 21 16:12:47 dap002 mariadbd[3515]: 2024-07-21 16:12:47 0
[ERROR] Aborting
Jul 21 16:12:47 dap002 systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jul 21 16:12:47 dap002 systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Failed with
result 'exit-code'.
Jul 21 16:12:47 dap002 systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB 10.6.18
database server.
I searched for this error (Unknown storage engine Aria) but the
solution is to remove the log from /var/log/mysql. However, that
directory is empty. If ubuntu puts that log somewhere else I cannot
find it. Can someone point me in the right direction for resolving
this? TIA.