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.