mySQL Installation Procedure

[last updated: 2021-04-26]
mySQL on Linux
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• 2019-02-24
  Followed various online tutorials for this installation on my Dell Precision M4400 laptop

  This was a LAMP installation:
  Linux - Apache - mySQL - PHP

  In addition, phpmyadmin was installed. This is a web application client (whatever that means) that has an easy-to-use GUI for managing the databases.
  $ mysqladmin --version
  returns:
  Ver 8.42 Distrib 5.7.25, for Linux on x86_64
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• 2021-04-26:
  Installation on Dell-4600 laptop
  Tutorial: (link to:) linuxHint.com
  • $ sudo apt update
    $ sudo apt upgrade
    $ sudo apt install mysql-server
  • verify installation:
    $ mysql --version
    returns:
    mysql Ver 8.0.23-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 for Linux on x86_64 ((Ubuntu))
  • It should start automatically. Check with:
    $ sudo systemctl status mysql
    should return "active (running)"

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