Mariadb on cygwin

MariaDB client

Preparations

1. Start a cygwin terminal (running bash).

Launch the cygwin setup program and install the package mysql.

MariaDB client connecting to MySQL

To connect to Mamp's MySQL:

mysql -p -u root -h 127.0.0.1

MariaDB Server

Preparations

1. Start a cygwin terminal (running bash).

Procedure

Launch the cygwin setup program and install the package mysqld. Now we need to install the MariaDB software with the following command.

mysql_install_db

Note: This command may take some minutes to complete.

Now, we start the MariaDB server.

mysqld_safe &

Note: You might get a firewall notice if the firewall is up and running!

To finish things off we secure the installation:

mysql_secure_installation

When this script is executing you will get a couple of questions.

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