Oracle MySQL conflicts with MariaDB when installed on the same server

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Updating Oracle MySQL fails with file conflicts such as file /usr/share/mysql/charsets/Index.xml from install of mariadb-libs-1:5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64 conflicts with file from package MySQL-Cluster-server-gpl-7.4.14-1.el7.x86_64
  • Unable to update MySQL due to conflicts with MariaDB
  • Yum update of MySQL fails

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux v7.x
  • MySQL v5.x
  • MariaDB v5.x

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