25.5. Instructions for installing MySQL and MySQL Connector/J
MySQL 5.0 Community Edition is an open-source database management system that executes on many platforms, including Windows, Solaris, Linux, and Macintosh. Complete information about MySQL is available from www.mysql.com. The examples in Section 25.8 and Section 25.9 manipulate MySQL databases.
Installing MySQL
To install MySQL Community Edition:
1. | To learn about the installation requirements for your platform, visit the site dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/general-installation-issues.html.
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2. | Visit dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html and download the installer for your platform. For the MySQL examples in this chapter, you need only the Windows Essentials package on Microsoft ... |
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