Can I have both MySQL and MariaDB?
Yes, it is. Just as two MySQL instances can coexist. MariaDB is still a drop-in replacement. By port or by different socket path, and install MariaDB to a non-standard directory. Do I need to install MySQL before MariaDB? Within the same base version (for example MySQL 5.5 -> MariaDB 5.5, MySQL 5.6 -> MariaDB 10.0 and MySQL 5.7 -> MariaDB …