Install MySQL 8 on Oracle Linux

Installing MySQL on Oracle Linux is simple and straightforward. Download the latest version of MySQL based on your OS version.

Download via Command Line (optional):

Use wget or curl to download the file directly if you prefer using the command line

wget https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/p/23/file/mysql-8.0.30-linux-glibc2.12-x86_64.tar.xz

Change to the directory where you downloaded the tarfile:

cd  /test

Extract the tarfile using tar:

tar -xvf mysql-8.0.30-linux-glibc2.12-x86_64.tar.xz

Now Please install all the package Step by Step :

Step 1 :Install mysql-commercial-common

yum install mysql-commercial-common-8.0.32-1.1.el9.x86_64.rpm

Step 2 :Install mysql-commercial-client-plugins

yum install mysql-commercial-client-plugins-8.0.32-1.1.el9.x86_64.rpm

Step 3 :Install mysql-commercial-libs

yum install mysql-commercial-libs-8.0.32-1.1.el9.x86_64.rpm

Step 4 :Install mysql-commercial-client

yum install mysql-commercial-client-8.0.32-1.1.el9.x86_64.rpm

Step 5 :Install mysql-commercial datafile

yum install mysql-commercial-icu-data-files-8.0.32-1.1.el9.x86_64.rpm

Step 6 :Install MySQL server:

yum install mysql-commercial-server-8.0.32-1.1.el9.x86_64.rpm

Start and enable the MySQL service:

 systemctl start MySQL

 systemctl enable MySQL

Run the Mysql_secure_installation script to secure your installation:

mysql_secure_installation

Check MySQL Status verify that MySQL is running:

systemctl status MySqld

Access MySQL connect to MySQL using the root account:

mysql -u root –p

Check the temporary password for MySQL:

grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log

/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

Securing the MySQL server deployment:

Enter password for user root: <enter temp password>

The existing password for the user account root has expired. Please set a new password.

New password: <give new password>

Re-enter new password: <re-enter new password>

Connect to MySQL and check the databases:

mysql  -u root  -p

password ******

mysql> show databases;