Linux平台上Mysql通常有三种安装方式，即：
Rpm安装
通用二进制包安装
源码安装包
本文先就RPM安装方式进行介绍，在此主要还是开源的社区版本介绍，首先下载
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
可以选择针对不同平台的安装包类型，目前最新的版本是5.7.11，RPM版本也有各种类型，了解了此，才能选择合适的安装包：
| Package Name |
Summary |
| mysql-community-server |
Database server and related tools |
| mysql-community-client |
MySQL client applications and tools |
| mysql-community-common |
Common files for server and client libraries |
| mysql-community-devel |
Development header files and libraries for MySQL database client applications |
| mysql-community-libs |
Shared libraries for MySQL database client applications |
| mysql-community-libs-compat |
Shared compatibility libraries for previous MySQL installations |
| mysql-community-embedded |
MySQL embedded library |
| mysql-community-embedded-devel |
Development header files and libraries for MySQL as an embeddable library |
| mysql-community-test |
Test suite for the MySQL server |
其具体名称结构如下：
packagename-version-distribution-arch.rpm
version就不用说啦，其实就是数据库的版本，distribution和arch表示的是为何种LINUX类型和CPU平台构建的安装包，具体的分发标志如下：
| distribution Value |
Intended Use |
| el5, el6, el7 |
|
| fc22, fc23 |
|
| sles12 |
| Files or Resources |
Location |
| Client programs and scripts |
/usr/bin |
| mysqld server |
/usr/sbin |
| Configuration file |
/etc/my.cnf |
| Data directory |
/var/lib/mysql |
| Error log file |
For RHEL, Oracle Linux, CentOS or Fedora platforms: /var/log/mysqld.log For SLES: /var/log/mysql/mysqld.log |
| Value of secure_file_priv |
/var/lib/mysql-files |
| System V init script |
For RHEL, Oracle Linux, CentOS or Fedora platforms: /etc/init.d/mysqld For SLES: /etc/init.d/mysql |
| Systemd service |
For RHEL, Oracle Linux, CentOS or Fedora platforms: mysqld For SLES: mysql |
| Pid file |
/var/run/mysql/mysqld.pid |
| Socket |
/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock |
| Keyring directory |
/var/lib/mysql-keyring |
| Unix manual pages |
/usr/share/man |
| Include (header) files |
/usr/include/mysql |
| Libraries |
/usr/lib/mysql |
| Miscellaneous support files (for example, error messages, and character set files) |
/usr/share/mysql |
安装完毕后MYSQL并不是自动启动，而需要手工启动：
shell> service mysqld start
初始化启动服务器后，超级账户’root’@localhost’被创建，用户密码被生产放在了error log文件中，采用shell> grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log可以找到，登陆修改密码即可：
shell> mysql -uroot -pmysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MyNewPass4!';
这样就完成了rpm安装包的安装，还是挺快的。