title: Installing MariaDB on Ubuntu 18.04 WSL - ISSUE System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate
body: <p>I am trying to install mariaDB v 10.4 onto the Ubuntu 18.04 WSL linux subsystem, but can not get the mysql service to start. During the install I get the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't
    operate.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>When I try to manually start the service I get the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>mysql: unrecognized service</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I am at a complete loss of where to go from here. Any help would be greatly appricated. </p>