get mariadb instead of mysql on raspbian stretch

[monapi]

i install mysql server on my raspberry pi3 to use mysql database package but it automatically loads mariadb. i search and find a guide to have mysql instead of mariadb but it doesn't work for me.
this is what i used: https://dbahire.com/how-to-install-mysq ... n-stretch/.
i didn't find anything that people said it was worked for them. if it is necessary to use mysql is there a way to have it on raspbian stretch?

[scotty101]

There was a topic similar to this active the other day
viewtopic.php?t=199639

[pfletch101]

This has been exhaustively discussed in the thread linked by scotty101, but the bottom line is that for almost all purposes MariaDB and MySQL are functionally equivalent, with the former having a few capabilities that make it an improvement over the latter if you need them.