No package mysql-server available

No package mysql?

If you are wondering why you are getting this error "No package mysql-server available" after trying yum install mysql-server, here's why:

CentOS 7 has replaced MySQL with MariaDB. Source: Rackspace.

Solution

Do a `yum install mariadb-server mariadb` instead and be on your way!

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