You don't appear to have the mysql database installed yet

[quantum]

I am trying to activate my mariadb database. After installting mariadb:

[ebuild   R    ] dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6:0/18::core-server-kit  USE="server -backup -bindist -client-libs -cracklib -debug -extraengine -galera -innodb-lz4 -innodb-lzo -innodb-snappy -jdbc -jemalloc -kerberos -latin1 -libressl -mroonga -numa -odbc -oqgraph -pam -perl -profiling -rocksdb (-selinux) -sphinx -sst-mariabackup -sst-rsync -static -systemd -systemtap -tcmalloc -test -tokudb -xml -yassl" 0 KiB
[ebuild   R    ] virtual/mysql-5.6-r12:0/18::core-server-kit  USE="server -embedded -static" 0 KiB

 

After the installtion I wrote:

emerge --config =dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6

and i got:

Configuring pkg...

 * Trying to get password for mysql 'root' user from 'mysql' section ...
/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6/temp/environment: line 4365: usr/libexec/mariadb/my_print_defaults: No such file or directory
 * Trying to get password for mysql 'root' user from 'client' section ...
/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6/temp/environment: line 4365: usr/libexec/mariadb/my_print_defaults: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6/temp/environment: line 4365: usr/libexec/mariadb/my_print_defaults: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6/temp/environment: line 4365: usr/libexec/mariadb/my_print_defaults: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6/temp/environment: line 4365: usr/libexec/mariadb/my_print_defaults: No such file or directory
 * Please provide a password for the mysql 'root'@'localhost' user now
 * or through the /root/.my.cnf file.
 * Avoid ["'\_%] characters in the password
 * Not entering a password defaults to UNIX authentication
    >
 * Retype the password
    >
 * Creating the mysql database and setting proper permissions on it ...
 * Command: usr/bin/mysql_install_db --basedir=/usr --loose-skip-grant-tables --loose-skip-host-cache --loose-skip-name-resolve --loose-skip-networking --loose-skip-slave-start --loose-skip-ssl --loose-skip-log-bin --loose-skip-relay-log --loose-skip-slow-query-log --loose-skip-external-locking --loose-skip-log-slave-updates --datadir=//var/lib/mysql --tmpdir=/
 * ERROR: dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6::core-server-kit failed (config phase):
 *   Failed to initialize mysqld. Please review /var/log/mysql/mysqld.err AND /var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6/temp/mysql_install_db.log
 * 
 * Call stack:
 *     ebuild.sh, line  93:  Called pkg_config
 *   environment, line 4492:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *           die "Failed to initialize mysqld. Please review ${EPREFIX}/var/log/mysql/mysqld.err AND ${TMPDIR}/mysql_install_db.log";
 * 
 * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6::core-server-kit'`,
 * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6::core-server-kit'`.
!!! When you file a bug report, please include the following information:
GENTOO_VM=  CLASSPATH="" JAVA_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm"
JAVACFLAGS="" COMPILER=""
and of course, the output of emerge --info =mariadb-10.4.6
 * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6/temp/environment'.
 * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6/temp'
 * S: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6/work/mariadb-10.4.6'

The output of file /var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mariadb-10.4.6/temp/mysql_install_db.log:

sh: usr/bin/mysql_install_db: No such file or directory

On my computer I have the file mysql_install_db at a different directory: /usr/share/mariadb/scripts/mysql_install_db

 

Any idea how to solve this problem?

[cardinal]

Known bug doesn't appear to be fixed yet.

Login to bugs.funtoo.org,  vote and watch for updates on the right. 

https://bugs.funtoo.org/browse/FL-6489

https://bugs.gentoo.org/689412

[quantum]

@cardinal does it make sense to install other version? Or this is a problem a comment problem on multiply release of mariadb?

[cardinal]

 I don't run server or database  software which have more bugs and security vulnerabilities.

You need to do the homework  by looking at the gentoo bug reports to decide what is the best version of mariadb  to run based on your use case.