How to install MariaDB 10.3 on Debian 12 and Ubuntu 22.04

During migration process of the projects from Debian 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, with the default database server MariaDB 10.3, to the latest Debian 12 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, with the default database servers MariaDB 10.11 and MariaDB 10.6 respectively, Olvy team has noticed a significant drop in performance of some specific database queries after migrating.

This is because of an improvement implemented since MariaDB 10.4.3 for Rowid Filtering Optimization, which may affect some queries that use subqueries or joins with non-unique indexes.

To solve this problem and taking into account that MariaDB doesn’t provide standard ways to install outdated MariaDB 10.3 version on Debian 11, Debian 12 and Ubuntu 22.04, Olvy has ported MariaDB 10.3.39 from Debian 10 “buster” to Debian 11 “bullseye”, Debian 12 “bookworm” and Ubuntu 22.04 “jammy” LTS on x86-64 and ARM64 CPU architectures. This way, you can install MariaDB 10.3 on your modern systems and enjoy the same performance as before.

However, please note that MariaDB 10.3 reached end of life in May 2023, and it’s no longer supported by software vendor. Therefore port of MariaDB 10.3 by Olvy for Debian 11, Debian 12 and Ubuntu 22.04 is a transitional option to allow developers to find a solution to optimize database queries to be compatible with the latest supported MariaDB versions. We recommend that you update your queries as soon as possible and switch to the latest MariaDB versions for better security and stability.

How to install MariaDB 10.3 on Debian 11, 12 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

In this article, we will show how in few steps to install MariaDB 10.3  on Debian 11, Debian 12 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on x86-64 CPU architecture from Olvy repository.

Step 1: Add Olvy repository to apt sources file

First, you need to add Olvy repository to your apt sources file. Depending on your system, you need to use one of the following lines.

nano  /etc/apt/sources.list

Debian 11 “bullseye”

deb [trusted=yes] http://repo.olvycloud.com/mariadb/10.3/bullseye /

Debian 12 “bookworm”

deb [trusted=yes] http://repo.olvycloud.com/mariadb/10.3/bookworm /

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “jammy jellyfish”

deb [trusted=yes] http://repo.olvycloud.com/mariadb/10.3/jammy /

Step 2: Update apt indexes

Next, you need to update your apt indexes by running the following command:

apt update

Step 3: Install MariaDB 10.3 server and client

Install dependencies:

apt install mysql-common mariadb-common galera-3

Finally, you need to install MariaDB 10.3 server and client by running the following command:

apt install mariadb-server-10.3 mariadb-client-10.3

That’s it! You have successfully installed MariaDB 10.3 on your Debian 11, Debian 12 or Ubuntu 22.04 TLS system with Olvy.

We hope this article helps you solve your performance issues with your websites . If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to contact us. We are always happy to hear from you.

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