May already be installed, but just to make sureĬhanges permissions on the files in the MySQL directoryĬhanges permissions on the MySQL data directoryĬp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnfĬopies the configuration file to the correct locationīin/mysqld_safe -user=mysql & cp support-files/rver /etc/init.d/rver Renames the long MySQL directory name to the short versionĬhanges the permissions on the mysql directory to the correct permissionsĬhanges permissions on all the files in the mysql directory to the mysql user and the mysql group Removes the compressed file that is no longer needed If this returns an error, this step wasn't neededĮxtracts MySQL into the current directory If this returns an error, it is because this file has been moved or removed from MySQL's site (use a web browser to find the archived files on the MySQL site and copy the link to the version you want) The location where MySQL should be installed Sometimes, an older version of MySQL is required for compatibility with other software.Īs of the writing of this article (October 2020), the following steps worked to install MySQL 5.5.62 on Linux Mint x86/圆4: cd /usr/local Generally, it is difficult to find information on how to install an older version of MySQL. We use MySQL here at to run our back-end office database systems, presently on the ODROID-H2+ and ODROID-HC1.

MySQL is a very popular database used on servers, as well as single board computers, like the ODROID-H2+ and ODROID-HC4, for a variety of reasons.

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