The first step in installing MariaDB/MySQL on Debian 11 is to update the package index by using the apt. In this article, we will hold you from your finger and walk you through each and every step to install MySQL and MariaDB on Debian 11.

Now that we know about the two most amazing databases, let us continue and take a step forward. It was made out of fear from the MySQL developers as they thought that MySQL will not be free for much longer because of the Oracle acquiring. What’s makes MariaDB amazing is its inbuilt powerful features, security improvements as well as many usabilities. MariaDB is like MySQL but it is the improved version of it. Apart from this MySQL has its own language which is called SQL language to write queries to the database. MySQL follows a relational database management system that helps us, developers, in making the data store in an organized manner. MySQL was developed in 1995 and was the only database that was open source, free. Both are open source as well as relational databases. These two databases are among the most popular and widely used databases in the world. If you are a developer you must have heard about MariaDB as well as the MYSQL database.

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