How to install mysql?

Question

I tried mysql in my command line :

I get :

The program 'mysql' is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install mysql-client-core-5.5

But when I do:

sudo apt-get install mysql-client-core-5.5

But I get:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
mysql-client-core-5.5 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 47 not upgraded.

I'm very much confused!

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

That suggestion seems a little bizzare because it would miss out other dependencies and utilities. I would just run this and be done with it:

sudo apt-get install mysql-client

Answer 2

i had the same problem i used the synaptic to install mysql and my problem resolved. sudo synaptic then search mysql and select required package to install.

Answer 3

First, remove the current version of MySQL you're already using:

$ sudo apt-get purge mysql-client-core-5.5

Now, to install MySQL, run the following command from a terminal prompt:

 $sudo apt-get install mysql-server
 $sudo apt-get install mysql-client

During the installation process you will be prompted to enter a password for the MySQL root user.

Once the installation is complete, the MySQL server should be started automatically. You can run the following command from a terminal prompt to check whether the MySQL server is running:

$sudo netstat -tap | grep mysql

When you run this command, you should see the following line or something similar:

tcp 0 0 localhost.localdomain:mysql : LISTEN -

If the server is not running correctly, you can type the following command to start it:

  $sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart

You can edit the /etc/mysql/my.cnf file to configure the basic settings -- log file, port number, etc.

Answer 4

First you have to remove mysql completely from your system using following commands in terminal

sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common

sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt-get autoclean

Now try to reinstall Mysql.