Use MariaDB instead of MySQL in my Rails project

Question

How can I use MariaDB instead of MySQL in my Rails project?

When I try to install mysql2 gem it returns error,because mysqlclient was not found.

Here some soluti

Answer 1

In Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS I am able to install with sudo apt-get install libmariadbd-dev

I followed https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/installing-mariadb-deb-files/ to install MariaDB which adds apt repository for maria db.