Step 1 — Install Percona

• Update the package index

sudo apt update

• Install Curl packages

sudo apt install -y curl

• Download the latest release of percona

curl -O https://repo.percona.com/apt/percona-release_latest.generic_all.deb 

• Install packages and dependencies

sudo apt install -y gnupg2 lsb-release ./percona-release_latest.generic_all.deb

• Update the packages

sudo apt update

• Setup specific percona server version

sudo percona-release setup ps80

• Enable percona server

sudo percona-release enable ps-80 release

sudo apt update

• Install percona-server package (setup password)

sudo apt install -y percona-server-server

• After installing percona, check service status

sudo systemctl status mysql

• Output:

● mysql.service - Percona Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-09-19 08:18:53 +0530; 7h ago
    Process: 674 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/mysql/mysql-systemd-start pre (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 862 (mysqld)
     Status: "Server is operational"
      Tasks: 54 (limit: 18891)
     Memory: 404.5M
        CPU: 3min 24.976s
     CGroup: /system.slice/mysql.service
             └─862 /usr/sbin/mysqld

• Install toolkit

apt list | grep percona

libperconaserverclient21-dev/unknown 8.0.37-29-1.focal amd64
libperconaserverclient21-zenfs-dev/unknown 8.0.26-16-1.focal amd64
libperconaserverclient21-zenfs/unknown 8.0.26-16-1.focal amd64
libperconaserverclient21/unknown 8.0.37-29-1.focal amd64
percona-backup-mongodb/unknown 2.6.0-1.focal amd64
percona-mysql-router-zenfs/unknown 8.0.26-16-1.focal amd64
percona-mysql-router/unknown 8.0.37-29-1.focal amd64
percona-mysql-shell/unknown 8.0.37-1-1.focal amd64
percona-release/stable,now 1.0-29.generic all [installed]
percona-server-client-zenfs/unknown 8.0.26-16-1.focal amd64
percona-server-client/unknown,now 8.0.37-29-1.focal amd64 [installed,automatic]
percona-server-common-zenfs/unknown 8.0.26-16-1.focal amd64
percona-server-common/unknown,now 8.0.37-29-1.focal amd64 [installed,automatic]
percona-server-dbg-zenfs/unknown 8.0.26-16-1.focal amd64
percona-server-dbg/unknown 8.0.37-29-1.focal amd64
percona-server-rocksdb-zenfs/unknown 8.0.26-16-1.focal amd64
percona-server-rocksdb/unknown 8.0.37-29-1.focal amd64
percona-server-server-zenfs/unknown 8.0.26-16-1.focal amd64
percona-server-server/unknown,now 8.0.37-29-1.focal amd64 [installed]
percona-server-source-zenfs/unknown 8.0.26-16-1.focal amd64
percona-server-source/unknown 8.0.37-29-1.focal amd64
percona-server-test-zenfs/unknown 8.0.26-16-1.focal amd64
percona-server-test/unknown 8.0.37-29-1.focal amd64
percona-server-tokudb-zenfs/unknown 8.0.26-16-1.focal amd64
percona-server-tokudb/unknown 8.0.27-18-1.focal amd64
percona-telemetry-agent/stable,now 1.0.2-2.focal amd64 [installed,automatic]
percona-toolkit/unknown 3.6.0-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-24/unknown 2.4.29-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-80/unknown 8.0.35-31-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-81/unknown 8.1.0-1-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-82/unknown 8.2.0-1-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-83/unknown 8.3.0-1-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-dbg-24/unknown 2.4.29-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-dbg-80/unknown 8.0.35-31-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-dbg-81/unknown 8.1.0-1-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-dbg-82/unknown 8.2.0-1-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-dbg-83/unknown 8.3.0-1-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-test-24/unknown 2.4.29-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-test-80/unknown 8.0.35-31-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-test-81/unknown 8.1.0-1-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-test-82/unknown 8.2.0-1-1.focal amd64
percona-xtrabackup-test-83/unknown 8.3.0-1-1.focal amd64

• Install -80 for MySQL 8.0 & -24 for MySQL 5.7

sudo apt install percona-xtrabackup-80