Issuing from root I encounter:

[root@mariadb sql]# ./mysqld
141104 14:44:50 [Warning] An old style --language or -lc-message-dir value with language specific part detected: /opt/mariadb-10.0.14/sql/share/english/
141104 14:44:50 [Warning] Use --lc-messages-dir without language specific part instead.
141104 14:44:51 [ERROR] Fatal error: Please read "Security" section of the manual to find out how to run mysqld as root!

141104 14:44:51 [ERROR] Aborting

141104 14:44:51 [Note] ./mysqld: Shutdown complete

Please read the error messages and act accordingly.
Your error log says quite clearly what the current problem is:

2014-11-04 12:52:31 3fffd6a8720  InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory.

So, grant proper access rights on the datadir and try again.
Chances are, you'll encounter more problems, so repeat the cycle: read the message, act accordingly.

Thank you. I clearly saw that was the error, I was hoping for a possible suggestion for fix that.

I am wondering why

make test

returns with no errors but I am unable to start mysql

[root@mariadb scripts]# ./mysql_secure_installation
./mysql_secure_installation: line 379: find_mysql_client: command not found

NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MariaDB
SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE! PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!

In order to log into MariaDB to secure it, we'll need the current
password for the root user. If you've just installed MariaDB, and
you haven't set the root password yet, the password will be blank,
so you should just press enter here.

Enter current password for root (enter for none):
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2 "No such file or directory")

I clearly saw that was the error, I was hoping for a possible suggestion for fix that.

There isn't much to say apart from the obvious:

• check permissions and ownership on your datadir
• give sufficient permissions and possibly ownership to the user from which you are trying to run mysqld.

Both are done by regular linux commands, MySQL/MariaDB has nothing to do with it.

Regarding the last error – sure, you need to start server first, before running mysql_secure_installation. If you can't start the server, you can't run the tool.

Can you provide more insigh on this..

issue:

/etc/init.d/mysql start

failed.. checked /var/log

InnoDB: Progress in percent: 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
InnoDB: Apply batch completed
141104 15:44:32 [Note] InnoDB: 128 rollback segment(s) are active.
141104 15:44:32 [Note] InnoDB: Waiting for purge to start
141104 15:44:32 [Note] InnoDB: Percona XtraDB (http://www.percona.com) 5.6.20-68.0 started; log sequence number 1600608
141104 15:44:32 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.
141104 15:44:32 [Warning] /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: unknown option '--loose-mutex-deadlock-detector'
141104 15:44:32 [Warning] /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: unknown option '--loose-mutex-deadlock-detector'
141104 15:44:32 [ERROR] Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.servers' doesn't exist
141104 15:44:32 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '::'.
141104 15:44:32 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.user' doesn't exist
141104 15:44:32 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /usr/local/mysql/data/mariadb.infinite-blue.com.pid ended
[root@mariadb scripts]#

Run mysql_install_db.

It looks like you've chosen trial-and-error method for getting your server running. I recommend to go with documentation instead, it will solve a lot of time and effort.

Thanks for the updates.

I did follow the instructions and were a bit confusing so this is where I am.

Thanks for trying.