MySQL8--the method of using compressed package to install under Windows

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Introduction

        This article describes how to install MySQL8 using a compressed package on Windows.

download link

1. URL entry 

        Enter MySQL's official website: MySQL :: MySQL Community Downloads

2. Find "MySQL Community Server"

3. Download the Community version

In the page opened later, you can see the relevant download items, as shown below: 

Graphical interface installation, select "Windows(x86, 64-bit), ZIP Archive", after entering the page: 

Installation process

1. Unzip

        First unzip the installation package you downloaded, move this folder to the place where you want to install mysql, that is, the directory you move to is the directory where mysql is installed, for example, mine is under D:\dev\MySQL.

2. Set environment variables

Right-click "This Computer" => Properties => Advanced System Settings => Environment Variables => System Variables => PATH => Add: the path of your mysql bin folder (eg: D:\dev\MySQL\mysql-8.0. 21-winx64\bin)

3. Modify the configuration file

        Create the my.ini file in the root directory (here: D:\dev\MySQL\mysql-8.0.21-winx64\);

1. Only basedir and datadir are required.
2. The encoding of the my.ini file must be English encoding (such as ANSI in Windows, not UTF-8 or GBK, etc.).

[mysqld]
basedir=D:\dev\MySQL\mysql-8.0.21-winx64
datadir=D:\dev\MySQL\mysql-8.0.21-winx64\data
port = 3306
max_connections=200
character-set-server=utf8
default-storage-engine=INNODB
sql_mode=NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES

[mysql]
default-character-set=utf8

4. Installation, initialization and settings of mysql service

Then run cmd.exe as an administrator; (there are three words "administrator" in the upper left corner of the command window).

Install

mysqld -install

initialization

mysqld --initialize-insecure --user=mysql

start up

net start mysql

5. Login

After entering cmd, enter:

mysql -u root -p

There is no password at the beginning, just press Enter

quit: quit

6. Change password

mysqladmin -u root -p password New password => Enter => Enter the old password (if you just installed, do not enter) => Enter

7. Exit

quit or exit

8. Restart MySQL

net stop mysql
net start mysql

problem solved

error phenomenon

An error is reported when mysql -v is executed:

reason

This error is caused by not having vcredist installed

solution

Download vcredist address:

The latest supported Visual C++ downloads

Download Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 from Official Microsoft Download Center

Install the software you just downloaded, the location is the default, and you can re-execute it after the installation is successful.