mysql service masked after installing MariaDB

[Steven Jones]

service mariadb start?

regards

Steven 

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From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com <ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> on behalf of Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk>
Sent: Friday, 1 May 2015 11:06 a.m.
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: mysql service masked after installing MariaDB

I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu server (15.04) but using MariaDB instead
of MySql. During installation, I selected LAMP server and then once
complete I installed MariaDB-server using aptitude. Aptitude offered to
remove MySql packages which I accepted.

However, when trying to start the mysql service, it fails with a message
saying the service is masked, viz:

sudo service mysql start
[sudo] password for tony:
Failed to start mysql.service: Unit mysql.service is masked.

How do I fix this? Or what is the best way to install ubuntu-server
using MariaDB?

Note, I need MariaDB because I am trying to restore a database that has
come from a system with the Aria storage engine as the default.

Many thanks in advance.

Regards,
Tony.
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