mySQL on Dell tower Linux dual-boot

[last updated: 2019-11-06]
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go to: mySQL
go to: Dell tower
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• This procedure executed on Dell tower Linux dual-boot partition on 2019-11-05.
  Currently running: Linux Mint 19.2 Tina
  python default: 2.7.15+
• First, as always recommended before doing any changes:
  $ sudo apt update (about 2 min)
  $ sudo apt upgrade (unknown, but > 30min)
• (link to:) Starting from this tutorial:
• Instructions are given to add mySQL APT Repository. However when I go to Menu > Software Manager, and enter mysql in search box, I see that mysql-server and workbench are already there, so I'll skip that part of the tutorial procedure.
• Installing MySQL with APT:
• $ sudo apt-get install mysql-server (not used)
  However due to things I've read, instead I used:
  $ sudo apt install mysql-server (about 2 min)
  [contrary to tutorial, I was not asked for a password...]
• to confirm mysql is running:
  $ sudo service mysql status
  (type 'q' to exit service function and get a prompt back)
  to stop:
  $ sudo service mysql stop
  to restart:
  $ sudo service mysql start
• to install workbench, the GUI:
  $ sudo apt-get install mysql-workbench (about 3 min)
• The tutorial had other instructions that I didn't do
  for upgrading release/version and installing other packages.
  I did not, but wondered if I should have installed the "shared client libraries."
• for backing up the database and recovery to a saved backup:
  (link to:) go here
• (link to:) another tutorial:
• Installation:
• 3 methods described:
  * pre-built packages (link to:) from: mysql.com
  * Linux Software Manager - the method I started above
  * using a LAMP package (recommended in this tutorial)
  However the (link to:) XAMPP site for downloading says that since XAMPP 5.5 it includes MariaDB, Not mySQL

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