mysql free installation version installation start

Download mysql server free community version 5.7.16-winx64, extract it to D:\mysql-5.7.16

, copy my-default.ini, rename it to my.ini, and edit the content as follows:

[client]
port=3306
default-character-set=utf8

[mysqld]
port=3306

character_set_server=utf8
#character_set_server=utf8  

basedir=D:\mysql-5.7.16
datadir=D:\mysql-5.7.16\data

sql_mode=NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES

Add D:\mysql-5.7.16\bin to the path, create an environment variable MYSQLHOME=D:\mysql-5.7.16

, open cmd, execute: mysqld install
net start mysql This command reports an error: MySQL service cannot be started

Initialize mysql, create The data directory
mysqld --initialize is

finally executed: net start mysql
succeeds


Note : When executing install, if an error is reported: Install/Remove of the Service Denied, open cmd as an administrator