Download and build.
$ git clone https://github.com/MariaDB/server.git mariadb
$ cd mariadb
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
$ make -j8
Create a database.
$ ./build/scripts/mariadb-install-db --srcdir=$(pwd) --datadir=$(pwd)/db
$ mkdir dbplugins # Used in other gists that build on this one.
Create my.cnf, the MySQL configuration file.
$ echo "[client]
socket=$(pwd)/mariadb.sock
[mariadb]
socket=$(pwd)/mariadb.sock
datadir=$(pwd)/db
pid-file=$(pwd)/db.pid" > my.cnf
# Used in other gists that build on this one.
plugin_dir=$(pwd)/dbplugins
In one terminal, start the server.
$ ./build/sql/mariadbd --defaults-extra-file=$(pwd)/my.cnf
./build/sql/mariadbd: Can't create file '/var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log' (errno: 13 "Permission denied")
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] Starting MariaDB 11.4.0-MariaDB-debug source revision 3fad2b115569864d8c1b7ea90ce92aa895cfef08 as process 185550
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: !!!!!!!! UNIV_DEBUG switched on !!!!!!!!!
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.13
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: Number of transaction pools: 1
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using crc32 + pclmulqdq instructions
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, total size = 128.000MiB, chunk size = 2.000MiB
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: Buffered log writes (block size=512 bytes)
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: End of log at LSN=57155
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: Opened 3 undo tablespaces
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: 128 rollback segments in 3 undo tablespaces are active.
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: Setting file './ibtmp1' size to 12.000MiB. Physically writing the file full; Please wait ...
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: File './ibtmp1' size is now 12.000MiB.
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: log sequence number 57155; transaction id 16
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: Loading buffer pool(s) from /home/phil/vendor/mariadb/db/ib_buffer_pool
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled.
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] Plugin 'wsrep-provider' is disabled.
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] InnoDB: Buffer pool(s) load completed at 240103 17:10:15
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '0.0.0.0'.
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '::'.
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] mariadbd: Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events
2024-01-03 17:10:15 0 [Note] ./build/sql/mariadbd: ready for connections.
Version: '11.4.0-MariaDB-debug' socket: '/home/phil/vendor/mariadb/mariadb.sock' port: 3306 Source distribution
In another terminal, start the client.
$ ./build/client/mariadb --defaults-extra-file=$(pwd)/my.cnf
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 3
Server version: 11.4.0-MariaDB-debug Source distribution
Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]> select 1;
+---+
| 1 |
+---+
| 1 |
+---+
1 row in set (0.000 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]>