Database Server and Utilities

32-bit or 64-bit is not a concern for using MySQL. We only need the the Community Edition of the

  1. Server,
  2. CLI Utilities,
  3. Connector J,
  4. and Workbench.

MySQL 8.0.x

1) Choose Installing on Microsoft Windows.

MySQL has an Microsoft Windows installer that will do all or most of the MySQL configuration for you including adding the Workbench, Utilities, and dependencies. It will successfully skip missing dependencies giving you a warning for Visual Studios, etc.

1.1) Go to the Community edition: Downloadable at

https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/.

It installs the community edition of all MySQL products.

 

2) Navigate to your PC’s Downloads folder and double click on the file mysql-installer-community-8.0.x.x.msi to begin the installation.

Wait for the installer… it takes a while for certain steps. Read all information presented. There is even one point when the dialog disappears but it will reappear. If you restart the install you may corrupt your current install, so make sure another installer isn’t running before you restart.

3) Use the installer instructions above in (2). Generally you can accept the defaults, but it is better to only choose:

  1. Server,
  2. CLI Utilities,
  3. Connector J,
  4. and Workbench.
Be sure to choose Execute to add dependencies versus Next if given the choice.

 
Use “password” for the root password.

4) When the installer finishes you are returned to the installer configuration panel. Just exit it by closing the window.

 

If you have errors let the installer finish and restart it again to see if it will recover. You will likely have to completely uninstall the software and start over.