Let us see the post-installation set up and testing that needs to be done once MySQL has been successfully installed −Once MySQL has been installed, the below mentioned steps have to be performed.Data DirectoryIf required, the data directory has to be initialized and the MySQL grant tables have to be created. For certain MySQL installation methods, the data directory initialization is done automatically.MySQL InstallerThe Windows installation operations are performed by the MySQL installer. It can be installed on Linux using a server RPM or Debian distribution which is from Oracle. The installation can be done using the native packaging system ... Read More

Let us understand how MySQL can be installed from the source −MySQL can be built from source code. The advantage of this is that it allows the user to customize the build parameters, the compiler optimizations, and the installation location. The below link gives a list of systems on which MySQL can be run−https://www.mysql.com/support/supportedplatforms/database.html.Before proceeding with an installation from a source, ensure whether Oracle produced a precompiled binary distribution for the respective platform and if it works for the user or not.Building MySQL with nonstandard options might lead to a reduction in the functionality, performance, or security of the application.The ... Read More

MySQL can be installed on FreeBSD using the binary distribution which is provided by Oracle. The preferred and easiest way to install MySQL is to use the ‘mysql-server’ and ‘mysql-client’ ports which are available on http://www.freebsd.org/ website.The advantage of using these ports are −It comes with a working MySQL server and it contains all optimizations that are enabled, and help work on the user’s version of FreeBSD.It is automatically configured and built.The start up scripts are installed in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.It gives the ability to the user to use pkg_info –L to see which of the files were installed.It also gives the ... Read More

MySQL can be installed on Solaris using a binary package which is the native Solaris PKG format, instead of using the binary tarball distribution. The installation package has a dependency on the Oracle Developer Studio 12.6 Runtime Libraries. This needs to be installed before running the MySQL installation package.The installation package ensures that the runtime libraries only are installed, instead of having to install the full Oracle Developer Studio. This package can be used by downloading the corresponding mysql-VERSION-solaris11-PLATFORM.pkg.gz file.Uncompress Solaris PackageThis needs to be uncompressed after being downloaded. Below is a sample code to do the same −shell> gunzip ... Read More

Let us understand how to install MySQL with the help of ULN −Linux support many different ways of installing MySQL. One of the methods is installing it from Oracle’s Unbreakable Linux Network, which is also known as ULN.More information about Oracle Linux and ULN can be found here-http://linux.oracle.com/.Install Unbreakable Linux NetworkLet us understand how MySQL can be installed using ULN, i.e Unbreakable Linux Network. To use ULN, a ULN login needs to be obtained.Once this is done, the machine which is used for installation with ULN has to be registered. It supports both community and commercial packages.Community VersionThe community versions ... Read More

Let us understand how to install MySQL on Linux −Linux supports many different solutions to install MySQL. We will see how to install MySQL on Ubuntu 20.02. Following are the steps −Step1 − Open Terminal and enter the following command −Press Enter above and wait for download to complete.Step 2 − Set PasswordUse the mysql_secure_installation command and press enter to set password.Step 3 − Now, enter the MySQL Console using the below commandStep 4 − Display all the databases using the “SHOW DATABASES’ command −Now, start creating a new database and tables in it.

Let us understand how MySQL can be installed on macOS.There is a package that is located inside a disk image (a .dmg) file which needs to be mounted on by double clicking on the icon in the Finder. The next step is to mount the image and display the contents of it.Before installation of MySQL, the user has to ensure that all MySQL server instances have stopped running. This can be done by using the MySQL manager application, which is present on macOS server or the preference pane or by using the mysqladmin shutdown on the command line.MySQL can be ... Read More

Oracle comes with a set of binary distributions of MySQL. This includes generic binary distributions in the form of compressed tar files (files that have a .tar.xz extension) for many platforms, and binaries in platform-specific package formats for specific platforms.MySQL compressed tar file binary distributions have names in the format ‘mysql−VERSION−OS.tar.xz’, where VERSION refers to a number and OS indicates the type of operating system on which the distribution is required to be used.To install a compressed tar file binary distribution, the installation needs to be unpacked into a location that is chosen by user. Debug versions of the mysqld ... Read More

Some problems with compiling MySQL could be because of not configuring properly. Hence, the solution is to reconfigure.If CMake is run right after it was previously run, there is a possibility that it would use information that was gathered from its previous call. This information is present in CMakeCache.txt. When CMake begins, it looks for this file and reads the contents (if it exists), assuming that the information is correct. This assumption becomes wrong when the file is reconfigured.Each time CMake is run, ‘make’ has to be executed again to recompile. The old object files from previous builds can be ... Read More

Linux supports many different methods to install MySQL. Only one of the distributions from Oracle needs to be used out of the many installations available.StepsType − Apt, set up method−Enable the MySQL Apt repositoryType − Yum, set up method−Enable the MySQL Yum repositoryType − Zypper, set up method−Enable the MySQL SLES repositoryType − RPM, set up method−Download a specific packageType − DEB, set up method−Download a specific packageType − Generic, set up method−Download a generic packageType − Source, set up method−Compile from sourceType − Docker, set up method−Use Docker Hub for MySQL Community Edition; download Docker image for MySQL Enterprise ... Read More