How to install MySQL - ubuntu 18.04

MySQL is the favorite relational database management system for all the beginners. Easy to install and work with. This article explains how to install MySQL in Ubuntu 18.04.

Since this is our first time using apt in this session, lets refresh our local package index

    sudo apt-get update

Install MySQL

    sudo apt-get install mysql-server -y

Lets check the installation

    al@al:~$ mysql --version
    mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.26, for Linux (x86_64) using  EditLine wrapper

To implement the security recommendations

   sudo mysql_secure_installation

This will take you through a series of prompts where you can

• set a password for root accounts.
• remove root accounts that are accessible from outside the local host.
• remove anonymous-user accounts.
• remove the test database.