How To Install mysql-common on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-common on Rocky Linux 8. mysql-common is The shared files required for MySQL server and client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-common on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `mysql-common`

The mysql-common package provides the essential shared files for any MySQL program. You will need to install this package to use any other MySQL package.

We can use yum or dnf to install mysql-common on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mysql-common.

Install mysql-common on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mysql-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mysql-common

Install mysql-common on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mysql-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mysql-common

How To Uninstall mysql-common on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mysql-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mysql-common

mysql-common Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/mysql
/usr/share/doc/mysql-common
/usr/share/doc/mysql-common/COPYING.Google
/usr/share/doc/mysql-common/COPYING.Percona
/usr/share/doc/mysql-common/README
/usr/share/doc/mysql-common/README.mysql-docs
/usr/share/doc/mysql-common/README.mysql-license
/usr/share/licenses/mysql-common
/usr/share/licenses/mysql-common/LICENSE
/usr/share/mysql
/usr/share/mysql/charsets
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/Index.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/README
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/armscii8.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/ascii.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/cp1250.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/cp1251.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/cp1256.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/cp1257.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/cp850.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/cp852.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/cp866.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/dec8.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/geostd8.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/greek.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/hebrew.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/hp8.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/keybcs2.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/koi8r.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/koi8u.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/latin1.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/latin2.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/latin5.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/latin7.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/macce.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/macroman.xml
/usr/share/mysql/charsets/swe7.xml

References

mysql-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-common on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.