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batman
Asked: 2012-08-10 22:27:47 +0800 CST

How to install mysql?

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I tried mysql in my command line :

I get:

The program 'mysql' is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install mysql-client-core-5.5

But when I do:

sudo apt-get install mysql-client-core-5.5

But I get:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
mysql-client-core-5.5 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 47 not upgraded.

How should I proceed?

software-installation

4 Answers

  1. First, remove the current version of MySQL you're already using:

    $ sudo apt-get purge mysql-client-core-5.5

    Now, to install MySQL, run the following command from a terminal prompt:

    $ sudo apt-get install mysql-server
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-client

    During the installation process you will be prompted to enter a password for the MySQL root user.

    Once the installation is complete, the MySQL server should be started automatically. You can run the following command from a terminal prompt to check whether the MySQL server is running:

    $sudo netstat -tap | grep mysql

    When you run this command, you should see the following line or something similar:

    tcp        0      0 localhost.localdomain:mysql           *:* LISTEN -

    If the server is not running correctly, you can type the following command to start it:

    $ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart

    You can edit the /etc/mysql/my.cnf file to configure the basic settings: log file, port number, etc.

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  2. This command installs the MySQL server, which you need.

    sudo apt-get install mysql-server

    If you want to run commands from the workbench and not from a terminal, you need the client as well (this is optional):

    sudo apt-get install mysql-client

    For MySQL Workbench (also optional):

    sudo apt-get install mysql-workbench
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  3. First you have to remove mysql completely from your system using following commands in terminal

    sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common

    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

    sudo apt-get autoremove

    sudo apt-get autoclean

    Now try to reinstall Mysql.

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  4. That suggestion seems a little bizzare because it would miss out other dependencies and utilities. I would just run this and be done with it:

    sudo apt-get install mysql-client
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