How To Install mysql on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql on CentOS 8.
What is mysql
MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. MySQL is a client/server implementation consisting of a server daemon (mysqld) and many different client programs and libraries. The base package contains the standard MySQL client programs and generic MySQL files.
We can use yum or dnf to install mysql on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mysql.
Install mysql on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mysql using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mysql
Install mysql on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mysql using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mysql
How To Uninstall mysql on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mysql package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mysql
mysql Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/mysql
/usr/bin/mysql_config_editor
/usr/bin/mysqladmin
/usr/bin/mysqlbinlog
/usr/bin/mysqlcheck
/usr/bin/mysqldump
/usr/bin/mysqlimport
/usr/bin/mysqlpump
/usr/bin/mysqlshow
/usr/bin/mysqlslap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/d603f49e05179a1fd2f197713c30427b271773
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/23b4fa8145a5c04f456018d2b893038c659906
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/fd8f6ca57a98da5c16e3bcdaa4c9b4c1858bf6
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/0d20d31efea5bc341a6a52ee71fb5bb4bdc7f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/90fd7ad62b3256f15c61fb38217096fffc27b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/f74a584081c3ff026c4666b2b404a5fe4a98bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/15a43d04cf4f1f79a1221d905c8ad04c03c51c
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/86f10f299efbb29b17cad226ec1c4fba437c80
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/b96bb71638a0e3ca6331748090631ef1ee89c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/9f40c543a24fbc8f9bd9462e201dce0e661546
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql_config_editor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqladmin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlbinlog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlcheck.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqldump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlimport.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlpump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlshow.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlslap.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.