UPGrade from MySql to Maria Failing

The preinstall check failed. MariaDB cannot be installed. at /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/Yum/Install.pm line 470. Obtained version information from system. Proceeding with MySQL/MariaDB upgrade despite the following: Critical: MariaDB enables "strict mode" by default as of version 10.2. Strict mode controls how MariaDB and MySQL handle invalid or missing values in data-change statements such as INSERT or UPDATE. Applications not built with strict mode enabled may cause undesired behavior; please verify applications using MariaDB are compatible before upgrading. More information about strict mode is available here. Normal: When you upgrade from MySQL" to MariaDB 10.2 or later, the mysql_upgrade utility may emit several database table-related errors. The discrepancies in the tables between MySQL and MariaDB versions produce the errors; however, the upgrade process will resolve these issues. Normal: MariaDB does notutilize the sys schema. If you upgrade from MySQL 5.7 to MariaDB, you must manually remove the sys database, because it can cause unnecessary errors during certain check table calls Any ideas? z