I GOT THIS MESSAGE:
2025-11-07T03:10:20.235395Z 0 [System] [MY-010116] [Server] /usr/sbin/mysqld (mysqld 8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.2) starting as process 7714
2025-11-07T03:10:20.236117Z 0 [Warning] [MY-013242] [Server] --character-set-server: 'utf8' is currently an alias for the character set UTF8MB3, but will be an alias for UTF8MB4 in a future release. Please consider using UTF8MB4 in order to be unambiguous.
2025-11-07T03:10:20.236122Z 0 [Warning] [MY-013244] [Server] --collation-server: 'utf8mb3_bin' is a collation of the deprecated character set UTF8MB3. Please consider using UTF8MB4 with an appropriate collation instead.
2025-11-07T03:10:20.242369Z 1 [ERROR] [MY-011011] [Server] Failed to find valid data directory.
2025-11-07T03:10:20.242480Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-010020] [Server] Data Dictionary initialization failed.
2025-11-07T03:10:20.242494Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-010119] [Server] Aborting
2025-11-07T03:10:20.242759Z 0 [System] [MY-010910] [Server] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete (mysqld 8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.2) (Ubuntu).
ANYONE WILLING TO HELP?
Hi!
You have Mysql in your system by your message: "(mysqld 8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.2) starting as process 7714"
You must install MariaDB that overrides Mysql.
You need packages: libmariadb-dev-compat mariadb-client mariadb-server mariadb-common
After that If you want a clean restart (note: all logs deleted if exist!) remove hidden folder ~/.config/cqrlog before starting Cqrlog again.
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Saku
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