Wrong MariaDB Version After Upgrade from Xenial to Bionic

[SAH62]

I just upgraded a server from xenial to bionic:



$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
$


I have my MariaDB repository defined like this:



deb [arch=amd64] http://nyc2.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.4/ubuntu bionic main
deb-src http://nyc2.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.4/ubuntu bionic main


I've done an
apt-get update and an
apt-get upgrade, but when I look at the installed version of mariadb-client and mariadb-server I see this:



$ dpkg -l|grep maria
ii libmariadb3:amd64 1:10.4.8+maria~xenial amd64 MariaDB database client library
ii libmariadbclient18 1:10.4.8+maria~xenial amd64 Virtual package to satisfy external libmariadbclient18 depends
ii mariadb-client-10.4 1:10.4.8+maria~xenial amd64 MariaDB database client binaries
ii mariadb-client-core-10.4 1:10.4.8+maria~xenial amd64 MariaDB database core client binaries
ii mariadb-common 1:10.4.8+maria~xenial all MariaDB database common files (e.g. /etc/mysql/conf.d/mariadb.cnf)
ii mariadb-server 1:10.4.8+maria~xenial all MariaDB database server (metapackage depending on the latest version)
ii mariadb-server-10.4 1:10.4.8+maria~xenial amd64 MariaDB database server binaries
ii mariadb-server-core-10.4 1:10.4.8+maria~xenial amd64 MariaDB database core server files
ii mysql-common 1:10.4.8+maria~xenial all MariaDB database common files (e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf)
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When I try to upgrade mariadb-server (for example), I'm told that the newest xenial version is already installed:



$ sudo apt-get upgrade mariadb-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
mariadb-server is already the newest version (1:10.4.8+maria~xenial).
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
$


Something's not right here. How can I get the bionic versions installed properly?

[deadflowr]

Issue most likely because xenial is a higher version name than bionic.
Same version though, package-wise.

Workaround would be to backup the databases, remove the packages and reinstall.
Then restore the databases.

[SAH62]

Thanks, @deadflowr. That did the trick. I also made sure to clean out the apt cache before re-installing MariaDB.

[deadflowr]

If it worked please mark this thread as solved (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPostsTeam/SolvedThreads).