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In Lubuntu 18.04, I found mysql-client-core-5.7 in default repositories. I was wondering which version of mysql it provides? I don't find any such information in https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/mysql-client-core-5.7, and where can I look it up?

The most recent mysql is 8.0.11 version. 5.7 seems too old to be the real version.

Thanks.

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  • Don't judge by the jump in version numbers. 8.0 was released in April 2018, just days before 18.04 came out. There's no way it would have been included in 18.04. As for the jump, I think they dropped in the 5 in 5.8 and moved to 8.
    – muru
    Jun 14, 2018 at 2:37

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The lastest mysql client/server officially supported by Ubuntu 18.04 is version 5.7. Unless you added PPA for later version of mysql, you can check the versions of the support package.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-cache show mysql-server
sudo apt-cache show mysql-client

The first few lines should provide the information you seek.

Package: mysql-server
Architecture: all
Version: 5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: database
Source: mysql-5.7
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]>

Package: mysql-client
Architecture: all
Version: 5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: database
Source: mysql-5.7
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]>

If you wish to install newer version than that, you'll need to add the mysql repository, just follow the instructions here.

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