Installation on Linux

Using Yum

• Download the required version from MySQL Repository
• Install the downloaded release package with the below command, replace platform-and-version-specific-package-name with the name of the downloaded package:

shell> sudo rpm -Uvh platform-and-version-specific-package-name.rpm

• Install using below command

shell> sudo yum install mysql-community-server

• Start Mysql Server

shell> sudo service mysqld start

• Check status of the MySQL server

shell> sudo service mysqld status

Installation on Windows

• Installation on windows is much easier using MySQL Installer
• If you want to use online installation version, download mysql-installer-web-community.exe else mysql-installer-community.exe.
• Run the above executable file and the setup will walk you through the trivial process.
• select the Setup type based on your requirement among Developer default or server only or Client only or Full or Custom.
• Configure the MySQL Server by providing port number, password etc.
• Installation will take few minutes to complete.