Installing MariaDB on Windows

This is a guide to both automated and manual installations of MariaDB 10.4 on Windows. While the installation wizard provides options for installing additional products such as HeidiSQL and other utilities, the manual installation can be useful if you just want a minimal install for testing or development.

MariaDB download page – https://mariadb.org/download/

My installation video for MySQL is available at https://youtu.be/b3sIRJI2Q3M. While MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL, there are some subtle differences that are covered by this video.

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