With the above command, the MySQL client also gets installed with the server, but if you just want to install the client, run sudo apt install mysql-client. Suggestion: How to Change MySQL port in ...

Press y and ENTER when prompted to install the MySQL package. Once the package installer has finished, we can check to see if the MySQL service is running. root@linuxserver:~# sudo service mysql ...

Before installing MySQL, make sure your Ubuntu system is updated with latest packages: $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade. Once all updates are installed, reboot your system: $ sudo reboot 1.

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, use dnf to install community-mysql-server. MySQL’s download link also provides Linux binaries in various formats: Generic Linux binaries as tarballs.

Jack Wallen demonstrates how to install software from the command line on Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, Arch Linux, and openSUSE.