Step 1 — Installing MySQL

• Update the package index

sudo apt update

• Install the MySQL server package

sudo apt install mysql-server

• Start MySQL server

sudo systemctl start mysql.service

• Check MySQL server status

sudo systemctl status mysql

• The status should look like this

● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-04-21 12:56:48 UTC; 6min ago
   Main PID: 10382 (mysqld)
     Status: "Server is operational"
      Tasks: 39 (limit: 1137)
     Memory: 370.0M
     CGroup: /system.slice/mysql.service
             └─10382 /usr/sbin/mysqld