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Installing MySQL
One of the reasons MySQL is so popular is that it runs on so many platforms. Whether you run Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, OpenSolaris, or some other platform, there is likely a matching version of MySQL. Because each of these popular platforms is unique, so are the installation procedures for them. In this section, we provide links to tutorials that details how to install MySQL on your platform of choice.
Installing MySQL on Windows
- Official documentation from the manual (Very detailed)
- Port25 Tutorial (PDF of video tutorial)
- Super-short install instructions from Drupal.org
- Video of Installing MySQL on Windows Vista (Flash)
Installing MySQL on Mac OSX
- Official documentation from the manual (Very detailed)
Installing MySQL on Linux
Just as there are various flavors of Linux, there are many different ways to install MySQL on Linux distributions. The following are some links to resources that Linux users should find helpful.
- Official documentation for installing MySQL from an RPM-based distribution
- Tutorial on installing MySQL from Fedora using YUM (from FedoraSolved.org)
- In depth tutorial on installing MySQL, PHP and Apache on Ubuntu/Kubuntu (from Ubuntu Wiki)
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