Не смотря на появление MariaDB, MySQL является по-прежнему востребованной средой для работой с базами данных.

Установка занимает не более 5 минут.

$ wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.8.6-1_all.deb

 

 
# gdebi mysql-apt-config_0.8.6-1_all.deb 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done

Auto configuration for MySQL APT Repo.
 MySQL is a fast, stable and true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database
 server. SQL (Structured Query Language) is the most popular database query
 language in the world. The main goals of MySQL are speed, robustness and
 ease of use.
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y

(Можно использовать привычный dpkg -i вместо gdebi)

 

# apt update
# apt install mysql-server

В процессе установки нас попросят указать пароль root пользователя для MySQL. Проверяем:

# mysql -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 3
Server version: 5.7.18 MySQL Community Server (GPL)

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