In this guide, we will show you how to install MySQL on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa. There are two separate packages for this on Ubuntu, depending on what you need to do. You can either install the MySQL client package, which is used to connect to MySQL servers, or install the MySQL server software, which can be used to host your own databases. We’ll cover both below.
After installing a MySQL server, we’ll also go over the first steps you’ll need to get started with hosting a database, which includes making a username and password, creating a database, and granting user permissions on that database.
In this tutorial you will learn:
- Install MySQL Client on Ubuntu
- Install MySQL Server on Ubuntu
- How to setup a MySQL database
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