Install MySQL Database Server on CentOS

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∟Running MySQL Database Server on Linux Systems

∟Install MySQL Database Server on CentOS

This section provides a tutorial example on how to install MySQL 8.0 server on CentOS 8 systems using 'dnf/yum' as the package manager.

If you want to use MySQL database server on CentOS Linux systems, you can follow what I did on my CentOS 8 computer:

1. Login as "herong", who has admin privileges.

2. Run "dnf search" to find available MySQL packages. I see "mysql-server" and some related modules available for installation:

herong$ dnf search mysql

mysql.x86_64 : MySQL client programs and shared libraries
grafana-mysql.x86_64 : Grafana mysql datasource
postfix-mysql.x86_64 : Postfix MySQL map support
rsyslog-mysql.x86_64 : MySQL support for rsyslog
dovecot-mysql.x86_64 : MySQL back end for dovecot
perl-DBD-MySQL.x86_64 : A MySQL interface for Perl
freeradius-mysql.x86_64 : MySQL support for freeradius
mysql-server.x86_64 : The MySQL server and related files
mysql-test.x86_64 : The test suite distributed with MySQL
...

3. Install the "mysql-server" package:

herong$ sudo dnf install mysql-server

 Package            Arch   Version                  Repo       Size
===================================================================
Installing:
 mysql-server       x86_64 8.0.17-3.module_el8.0.0  AppStream  22 M
Installing dependencies:
 mariadb-connector-c-config
                    noarch 3.0.7-1.el8              AppStream  13 k
 mecab              x86_64 0.996-1.module_el8.0.0   AppStream 397 k
 mysql              x86_64 8.0.17-3.module_el8.0.0  AppStream  11 M
 mysql-common       x86_64 8.0.17-3.module_el8.0.0  AppStream 143 k
 mysql-errmsg       x86_64 8.0.17-3.module_el8.0.0  AppStream 557 k
 protobuf-lite      x86_64 3.5.0-7.el8              AppStream 150 k
Enabling module streams:
 mysql                     8.0

...
Installed:
  mysql-server-8.0.17-3.module_el8.0.0.x86_64
  mariadb-connector-c-config-3.0.7-1.el8.noarch
  mecab-0.996-1.module_el8.0.0+41+ca30bab6.9.x86_64
  mysql-8.0.17-3.module_el8.0.0.x86_64
  mysql-common-8.0.17-3.module_el8.0.0.x86_64
  mysql-errmsg-8.0.17-3.module_el8.0.0.x86_64
  protobuf-lite-3.5.0-7.el8.x86_64

Complete!

3. Verify the "mysql" package:

herong$ mysql --version

mysql  Ver 8.0.17 for Linux on x86_64 (Source distribution)

Cool! I have installed the "mysql-server" 8.0 on my CentOS computer without any issues. And the MySQL client program "mysql" is working. See next tutorial on how to start and stop MySQL server on CentOS systems.