install mysql 5.7.44 on ubuntu 22.04 from source tar.gz file

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# install mysql 5.7.44 on ubuntu 22.04 from source tar.gz file

  • Remove existing MySQL
    • sudo apt remove --purge mysql* -y
    • sudo apt autoremove -y
    • sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql /var/lib/mysql
  • extract mysql-5.7.44-linux-glibc2.12-x86_64.tar.gz file [ tar -xvzf mysql-5.7.44-linux-glibc2.12-x86_64.tar.gz ]
  • install this file [ libaio1_0.3.113-4_amd64.deb, libncurses5_6.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb, libtinfo5_6.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb ]
    • libaio1_0.3.113-4_amd64.deb
      • sudo dpkg -i libaio1_0.3.113-4_amd64.deb
      • verify
      • ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaio.so.1, show message : [ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 18 2023 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaio.so.1 -> libaio.so.1.0.2 ]
    • libncurses5_6.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
      • sudo dpkg -i libncurses5_6.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.debc
      • verify
      • ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5, show message : [ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Feb 26 2020 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.9 ]
    • libtinfo5_6.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
      • sudo dpkg -i libtinfo5_6.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
      • verify
      • ls -l /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5, show message : [ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 26 2020 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 -> libtinfo.so.5.9 ]
  • mv mysql-5.7.44-linux-glibc2.12-x86_64 /usr/local/mysql
  • sudo groupadd mysql
  • sudo useradd -r -g mysql -s /bin/false mysql
  • sudo mkdir mysql-files
  • sudo chown mysql:mysql mysql-files
  • sudo chmod 750 mysql-files
  • cd mysql
  • cp support-files/mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysql
  • sudo mkdir /usr/local/mysql/data
  • sudo chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql
  • sudo chown -R mysql:mysql data
  • chmod +x /etc/init.d/mysql
  • Initialize MySQL Data Directory (if not done)
    • cd /usr/local/mysql
    • sudo rm -rf data
    • sudo mkdir data
    • sudo chown -R mysql:mysql data
    • sudo ./bin/mysqld --initialize --user=mysql --basedir=$(pwd) --datadir=$(pwd)/data
  • start mysql
    • sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql --datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data &
  • /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root -p --socket=/usr/local/mysql/mysql.sock
  • reset root password
    • ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'sap123ok';
  • create user password sap
    • CREATE USER 'sap'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'sap123ok';
    • GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON . TO 'sap'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;
    • FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
  • sudo ufw allow 3306/tcp [ if firewall on ]
  • check user
  • + SELECT User, Host FROM mysql.user;
  • start mysql manual
  • ./bin/mysqld_safe --defaults-file=./etc/my.cnf --user=mysql &
  • Start MySQL in safe mode (no password required)
  • + ./bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking &
  • error check mysql
  • + cd /usr/local/mysql/data + ls -l *.err
  • mysql status check
  • + ps aux | grep mysqld
# optionl for install GUI + install GUI on ubuntu server 25.04 + sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y + Install Lightweight Desktop (XFCE) < sudo apt install xubuntu-desktop -y > + If prompted during install, choose your preferred display manager (usually gdm3 for GNOME or lightdm for XFCE/MATE).
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