1, download MySQL-5.6 from the official MySQL website mysql.com find MySQL Community Server 5.6 for the http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/, here you can choose the operating system platform. There are three optional download files under the Microsoft Windows platform: MySQL Installer 5.6 for Windows which is an. msi executable installation file for Windows (x86, 64-bit), ZIP Archive 64-bit free installation Zip format file, suitable for 64-bit operating system windows (x86, 32-bit), zip Archive 32-bit free zip format files, for 32-bit operating system 2, install MSI format executable files follow the prompts next next step to execute the zip format file after download , unzip, and then need to configure, here is the example of 64 bits (1) to create the MySQL configuration file under the root directory of MySQL with My-default.ini files, open with Notepad, then save as My.ini, and modify the contents inside (below), here is the basic configuration, If you need more configuration, you can add it yourself, save
=c:\mysql-5.6. -=c:\mysql-5.6. -3306
(2) Start at win command prompt, execute
CD C:\mysql-5.6. ---console
MySQL can be started, or it can be installed as a system service:
CD C:\mysql-5.6. -
After the service is installed successfully, start ...-->services.msc a look, there is a service called MySQL, start it can 3, set the root password by default root is not password, you can set the following
CD C:\mysql-5.6. -u root password root
In short, the MySQL free install version is very convenient for local testing.
mysql-5.6-winx64 free installation (Zip version) installation configuration tutorial