Install MariaDB in Windows subsystem Linux (WSL)

Question

I'm trying to start MariaDB in the windows linux subsystem using

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server
sudo service mysql start

but getting the following error:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2 "No such file or directory")

I know, this is not a new question, I read a lot about other solutions under Ubuntu to fix this, but nothing worked so far. Has anybody an idea how to get it going?

Merci A

Answer 1

I'm encountered with the same problem. Fortunately I found a solution at https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/745#issuecomment-237412792

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

which works for me. Hope it works for you too.

Answer 2

Do you have already installed SQL on your Windows system? Try to remove them and install MariaDB on WSL only