====== Install MySQL Database ======

===== On Windows =====

  - Open [[http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer|MySQL Server]] in a web browser.
  - Click on the "Download" button.
  - Click "No thanks, just start my download."
  - Once the file is downloaded, execute it.
  - In the MySQL Installer window, click on "Install MySQL Products"
  - Click "I accept the license terms" and then click "Next" on the License Information window
  - Click "Execute" on the Find latest products window, then click "Next".
  - Select "Custom" on the Choosing a Setup Type window
  - On development machines and single drive servers, change the Data Path to "C:"
  - On multi-drive servers, change the Data Path to the "DATA" drive
  - Then click "Next"
  - On the Feature Selection window
    - Select Server with all of its subcomponents
    - On a development machines:
      - Select Applications and uncheck all of the subcomponents except for MySQL Workbench
      - Select Documentation with all of its subcomponents.
  - Then click "Next"
  - Click "Next" on the Check Requirements window
  - Click "Execute" on the Installation Progress window, then click "Next"
  - Click "Next" on the Configuration Overview window.
  - Choose the appropriate "Config Type" for the machine
  - Click "Next"
  - Type a complex password for the root account.
  - Click "Next"
  - Change "Windows Service Name" to MySQL
  - Click "Next"
  - Click "Next" on the Configuration Overview window to configure the sample database
  - Click "Next" when that operation completes
  - Click "Finish" on the Installation Complete window.
  - Open the Service Control Manager and stop the MySQL service. On a development machine, change the startup type to "Manual"
  - Open the my.ini file and change the datadir value to "C:\data" instead of "C:\data\data"
  - Move all of the files and directories from "C:\data\data" to "C:\data"
  - Delete the "C:\data\data" directory


===== On Linux =====

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