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Does anyone have any good ideas as to native MySQL GUI clients for Ubuntu?

So far I've tried MySQL Workbench, which never seemed to work properly, phpMyAdmin which I found a bit slow, and Navicat which is a windows port and runs under wine, but none of these is perfect. In an ideal world, I'm looking for something like a native version of navicat.

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MySQL Workbench probably is the only native MySQL GUI Client for Linux. – Marco Ceppi♦ Oct 18 '10 at 19:51
What version of Workbench did you try? A lot of the RC versions were unstable. – Marco Ceppi♦ Oct 18 '10 at 20:31
The thing is, MySQL Query Browser and Administrator are far more friendlier than Workbench. To do simple tasks or very precise ones in Workbench I need to do too many steps. In Query Browser I just open it, go directly to the DB and start working. Same for Administrator. Much more friendlier. I rather use (in my opinion) mysql console than workbench until the actually make it friendlier (And also start working on a .DEB version of 5.5.x and 5.6 instead of only rmp and us having to do many steps to get it working. – Luis Alvarado♦ Dec 1 '11 at 16:15

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MySQL Workbench Install mysql-workbench is probably the most complete tool, but a bit sluggish according to me.

I prefer "MySQL Query browser" and "MySQL Administrator". These two can do all basic stuff, and are very user friendly. Sadly, you can't find them in the Ubuntu Software Centre in later versions of Ubuntu any more. This is because these two pieces of software have reached their end-of-life, and are no longer supported.

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I've been using them for years. Nice, lightweight and useful. – Javier Rivera Oct 19 '10 at 8:07
In my opinion for administrative and DML task phpmyadmin it's a better and easier tool. – neuromancer Nov 4 '10 at 13:24
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phpMyAdmin is a very nice tool indeed, but it requires running an HTTP server with PHP enabled. MySQL is not only used for web projects. – W. Goeman Nov 4 '10 at 21:33
Note that MySQL Workbench requires oracle login. – BillMan May 6 at 17:29
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Perhaps you could try these: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html

They're in the software center too.

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These have been EOL'd and rolled into MySQL Workbench. – Marco Ceppi♦ Oct 18 '10 at 20:31
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I like Emma. Emma is an open source project that isn't developed by Oracle.

Install via the software center

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I know the answer is already accepted but I felt I should add SQLYog to this list anyway since it is such a powerful tool... There is no official build available for Linux but it works quite well on Wine.

SQLyog Datasearch screenshot

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Another alternative is Tora (an opensource Qt multi-platform application).

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MySQL workbench does work on Ubuntu 11.xx but it will hang at some of the loading splash screens. You just need to use Alt+F4 to close the splash window and it will continue.

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I solved this problem with the following method (I used to install quanta+ 3.5 in ubuntu 12.04. In the same repositories you can find mysql gui tools):

The tutorial is in this blog article.

Follow the tutorial, and replace:

sudo apt-get install quanta

with:

sudo apt-get install mysql-query-browser mysql-admin

but maybe it is mysql-gui-tools, but i'm not sure.

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Hello, yQy, welcome to AskUbuntu! I'm afraid I downvoted your answer. The linked blog article is not in English, and isn't very useful. Furthermore, it's always recommended that answers include the answer, and only provide links for further information. – Flimm Dec 6 '12 at 19:27
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I use a free tool Valentina Studio, is FREE, works on 32/64 bit Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. Is the best way to transform your data into meaningful information; create, administer, query and explore Valentina DB, MySQL, Postgre and SQLite databases. I am very pleased with this program, does everything you need, and does it very well. http://www.valentina-db.com/en/valentina-studio-overview

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