> > sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/* > > sudo -u mysql mariadb-install-db
Thanks Faustin, something was fixed between 10.6.7-3 and 10.6.8-1 that made mariadb-install-db succeed for me since today morning. With the March packages it kept failing every time during or after the InnoDB initialization (as I mentioned, I started clean every time, removing the mysql directories in /etc and /var).