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 - Percona Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset:>
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-09-17 08:18:19 +0530; 8h ago
    Process: 691 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/mysql/mysql-systemd-start pre (code=ex>
   Main PID: 816 (mysqld)
     Status: "Server is operational"
      Tasks: 56 (limit: 18891)
     Memory: 173.3M
        CPU: 5min 15.820s
     CGroup: /system.slice/mysql.service
             └─816 /usr/sbin/mysqld