RandyDBA | Database - Tips & Techniques

This installation is done on a CentOS 7 box, but the same steps can be used for Linux servers which provides RPM packages for installing the MySQL server. Follow the steps below to install MySQL 5.6 with the MySQL Yum repository: 1. Adding the MySQL Yum Repository Add the MySQL Yum repository to your system's repository list. Follow these steps: Go to the  Download MySQL Yum Repository  page in the MySQL Developer Zone. Select and download the release package for your platform. Install the downloaded release package with the following command # yum localinstall mysql80-community-release-el7-3.noarch.rpm The installation command adds the MySQL Yum repository to your system's repository list and downloads the GnuPG key to check the integrity of the software packages. You can check that the MySQL Yum repository has been successfully added by the following command # yum repolist enabled | grep "mysql.*-community.*" 2. Selecting a Release Seri...