September 2017
Beginner to intermediate
412 pages
8h 55m
English
To download and install MySQL Community Server, go to https://dev.mysql.com/ and select a recent version of MySQL Community Server. Select your platform (for example, macOS X) and click on the DMG Archive or the TAR Archive. Then run the installer. When the installation has completed, you may have to restart your system.
The installer will issue a temporary password to the access the database server (see Figure A-11):

Figure A-11. The MySQL Installer
Make a note of the 12-character password (the one in your panel, not the one shown here). You'll need it shortly. Also, note the connection ID: root@localhost. That means that your username is
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