with 14.04 there is now mariadb in our repository. as drop-in-replacement for mysql, you should make the dependency on mysql OR mariadb
Depends: mysql-server-core-5.5 | mariadb-server-core-5.5, mysql-client-core-5.5 | mariadb-client-core-5.5, libqt4-sql-mysql
otherwise its impossible to install/use mariadb on kubuntu
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: akonadi-backend-mysql 1.11.80-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-16.36-generic 3.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sat Mar 8 19:05:59 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-22 (13 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140121.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: akonadi
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
This bug was fixed in the package akonadi - 1.11.80-0ubuntu3
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akonadi (1.11.80-0ubuntu3) trusty; urgency=medium
* Support mariadb as alternate database for the mysql backend as it is
also supported upstream said on IRC.
LP: #1289840
-- Harald Sitter <email address hidden> Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:09:34 +0100