Change InnoDB file format to Barracuda

MySQL and MariaDB uses innoDB for storing the tables in a file format called Antelope.  For large sites, the Antelope format doesn't support more columns which makes the backup option a tedious process.
so it will be advised to change the file format to Barracuda. There are various options to do that. Here is a small workaround to change it to barracuda.

Open Mysql from the command prompt and execute the commands one by one

$] mysql -u root -p

The username is root here
It will ask for the password: (Input the password here).

mysql> select  version();
mysql> show variables like "%innodb_file%";

The output will be like this
+--------------------------+----------+
| Variable_name            | Value    |
+--------------------------+----------+
| innodb_file_format       | Antelope |
| innodb_file_format_check | ON       |
| innodb_file_format_max   | Antelope |
| innodb_file_per_table    | ON       |
+--------------------------+----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SET GLOBAL innodb_file_format = barracuda;

mysql> show variables like "%innodb_file%";     
+--------------------------+-----------+
| Variable_name            | Value     |
+--------------------------+-----------+
| innodb_file_format       | Barracuda |
| innodb_file_format_check | ON        |
| innodb_file_format_max   | Antelope  |
| innodb_file_per_table    | ON        |
+--------------------------+-----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SET GLOBAL innodb_file_format_max = barracuda;

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> show variables like "%innodb_file%";         

+--------------------------+-----------+

| Variable_name            | Value     |

+--------------------------+-----------+

| innodb_file_format       | Barracuda |

| innodb_file_format_check | ON        |

| innodb_file_format_max   | Barracuda |

| innodb_file_per_table    | ON        |

+--------------------------+-----------+

4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

See the picture below

Barracuda