MySQL 5.5.

16- Installation Guide on Windows NT/2000/XP Professional/XP Home/Vista/Windows 7

Welcome to the Installation1 Notes for MySQL 5.5.16 - Installation Guide on Windows NT/2000/XP Professional/XP Home/Vista/Windows 7 environment.

Introduction
Welcome. This tutorial provides new MySQL users with very basic, step by step, instructions on how to get started. MySQL runs under a broad array of operating systems. The MySQL commands discussed in this tutorial apply to all platforms. The installation instructions in particular are guaranteed to work if the following conditions are true:

You're using a Windows 2000/NT/XP Prof/XP Home machine/Vista/Windows 7. MySQL is installed on the c: drive in the mysql directory. MySQL is set to use English. The MySQL version is 5.5.16.

(The last designation of the version number, currently 16, might change) If your conditions are different, the instructions should still work, but keep an eye out for slight differences, like which working directory you'll need to be in.

This is taken from several web resources including MySQL AB site.

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Windows 2000/NT/XP Prof/XP Home Installation

I assume that you are installing MySQL 5.5 from scratch. If you have installed an older version of MySQL, please uninstall it and clean the registry before proceeding to the next step.

Get and Install a Recent Version

1. Download the stable release of the program using this link: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ and then click on Download for Windows, MSI Installer.
Version: 5.5.16 File Name: mysql-essential-5.5.16-win32.msi File Size: ~39.1 M Download Location: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

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2. Registering is optional, so just click "No thanks, just take me to the downloads!

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3. On the MySQL download page, select a mirror in the United States for a faster download by clicking on "HTTP" or FTP for the latest Windows (x86) version.

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4. Right Click on the mysql-essential-5.1.44-win32.msi file and select install.

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5. Click Run>

6. Click Next>

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7. Select "Typical", and then click Next >.

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8. Click Install.

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9. Click Next >.

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Select Next >.

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Select Next >.

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Select Finish>

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Select Standard Configuration, and then click Next>.

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14. Leave "Install As Windows Service" checked. Also check "Include Bin Directory in Windows PATH", and then click Next >.

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15. Enter a root password. Make sure to remember this password. Click Next >.

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Click Execute.

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Click Finish.

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18. Open a command prompt (Start Menu, Run, and type cmd) & type in the following command. mysql -u root -p Enter the password you supplied earlier. You should see something like the following:

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You have successfully installed the MySQL version 5.5.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Have fun!

Samuel Sambasivam, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman of Computer Science Department of Computer Science Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA 91702