How to Install the MySQL Database

Server on Your Windows PC

Databases like MySQL can be tricky to set up. To properly install and configure
MySQL on your PC, follow these instructions.
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Steps

Log into the computer as an administrator. This will give you administrator
rights, which will make the installation smoother. Note that, once installed, the

program doesnt need to be run as an administrator.

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Download the free MySQL Server Community Edition. Be sure to download a

version that includes a Windows Installer. Save the file on your Windows

Desktop.
If youre not sure which version to select, download MySQL Installer for
Windows.

Double-click the downloaded file. The installation file comes as a .zip file, so
double-clicking it should initiate your unzipping software and take you to an

archive folder.

Double-click Setup.exe. (It should be the only file inside your archive.) This will

Click Next. This begins the setup.

initialize the setup process.

Click Custom > Next. This will enable you to specify where you want to install
MySQL. If you have Apache installed in C:\Server, you will want to install MySQL in

the same directory.

In the next window, highlight MySQL Server, and then click the Change.
In the next window, in the text box Folder Name, change the directory to
C:\Server\MySQL\ exactly as its written here and then click OK.
On the next window, click Next. Now MySQL is ready to install.

Click Install. Wait while the program self-installs.

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Click Skip Sign-Up and then Next. Once the installation is complete, you will be
presented with a MySQL Sign-Up window. Skip signing up with MySQL for now

since you can sign up later if you like. Once youve skipped, your new dialogue box
should say Wizard Completed.

Configure MySQL. Leave the check box Configure the MySQL Server Now
checked and click Finish.

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Click Next. This will initialize the configuration setup.

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Check Standard Configuration and then click Next. This is the default

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configuration and is recommended for most users.

Make sure Install As Windows Service and Launch the MySQL Server
Automatically are checked, then click Next.

Create a root password. Type in what you want your root password to be and
make sure Enable root access from remote machines is checked. Make

sure you choose a difficult to guess password and 'write it down so you don't forget it.
Click Next.

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Click Execute. This will start the MySQL server. After MySQL has done its

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From the Windows task bar, go to Start > All Programs > MySQL > MySQL

thing, click Finish.

Server 4.x > MySQL Command line client. This will open a command

window asking you for a password.

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Enter your root password and hit Enter. This should initiate the program.

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Tips
If you want to install the Apache/PHP/MySQL combo on Windows,
download the XAMPP package. It contains : Apache, MySQL, PHP +
PEAR, Perl, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl, OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin,
Webalizer, Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 and NetWare
Systems v3.32, JpGraph, FileZilla FTP Server, mcrypt, eAccelerator,
SQLite, and WEB-DAV + mod_auth_mysql.
MySQL supports the following Windows platforms: 2003 Server, 2008

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Server, XP, Vista, and 7.

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