title: Running MariaDB & MySQL on the same server
body: <p>I would like to test the MariaDB database server on my local computer whilst keeping my existing MySQL server running. This is in preparation for migrating my live websites from MySQL to MariaDB.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to install MariaDB on the same system as MySQL? I haven't tried to do an apt-get install mariadb-server yet as everything I have read seems to suggest that the MySQL binaries would be replaced with the MariaDB binaries.</p>
  
  <p>My system:</p>
  
  <pre><code>jonny@jrlp01 ~ $ uname -a
  Linux jrlp01 3.9.6-030906-generic #201306131535 SMP Thu Jun 13 19:35:54 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  
  jonny@jrlp01 ~ $ lsb_release -a
  
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID: LinuxMint
  Description:    Linux Mint 15 Olivia
  Release:    15
  Codename:   olivia
  
  jonny@jrlp01 ~ $ mysql --version
  mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.31, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 6.2
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