(Solved) Re: Upgrade path from MySQL to MariaDB broken? (Akonadi)

[Volker Wysk]

Am Montag, 14. August 2017, 12:32:18 CEST schrieb Oliver Grawert:
> hi,
> 
> Am Montag, den 14.08.2017, 12:16 +0200 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> > Am Montag, 14. August 2017, 11:57:10 CEST schrieb Oliver Grawert:
> > > Am Montag, den 14.08.2017, 11:52 +0200 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> > > > Am Montag, 14. August 2017, 11:01:04 CEST schrieb Oliver Grawert:
> > > > > just as a sidenote ... did you consider using the nextcloud
> > > > > snap ?
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, I have used it. I'm installing in accordance with the
> > > > Nextcloud
> > > > 12 Server 
> > > > Administration Manual. 
> > > > 
> > > > There it is written that first, "sudo snap install nextcloud"
> > > > should
> > > > be done, 
> > > > and then "apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server libapache2-mod-
> > > > php7.0". 
> > > > 
> > > > Looks like MariaDB is _not_ contained in the snap package.
> > > 
> > > hmm, do you have a URL ? that shouldnt be needed, i have the
> > > nextcloud
> > > snap running standalone on several systems here that only run a
> > > minimal
> > > installed OS... (it would also mean the snap wouldnt run on ubuntu
> > > core
> > > (which is definitely does for many people), since you can not
> > > install
> > > debs there)
> > 
> > Here are the instructions which I've followed:
> > 
> > https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/12/admin_manual/installation/
> > source_installation.html#example-installation-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-
> > server
> > 
> > So far, I'm only at the beginning.
> 
> disregard my other mail, i'm talking to nextcloud right now ... the
> section you linked isnt really clear ... they were thinking:
> 
> "On a machine running a pristine Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server, you have two
> options:" 
> 
> would make clear that it is either the snap or the deb installation
> below ... we're fixing the doc now :)

So that instruction to install mariadb-server belongs to the installation from 
the nextcloud tarball. I'll skip this, and continue below.

Bye,
Volker