How to install linux MySQL

1. Fortunately it's very easy to check if the MySQL server isRunning:
$ PS-El | grep mysqld
If you see one or more mysqld processes running, the server has been started.

2. Installation command: sudo apt-Get install mysql-client-core-5.5

3. Try typing \ s to get some additional information on your server.

4. You can get more information by usingMysql -?
Command, which prints even more details about
The server. In the output there is one important thing to check for. After the list of arguments, you will
Usually see something like default options are read from the following files in
Given Order:. This tells you where to find the configuration file that you will use if you need to configure
Your MySQL server. The usual configuration file is/Etc/My. CNF, Though some distributions, like
Ubuntu, use/Etc/MySQL/My. CNF.

5.Mysqladmin-u root version
The output will serve not only to confirm that the server is running but also to give you the version
Number of the server you are using.