The MySQL development project has made its source code available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as well as under a variety of proprietary agreements. MySQL was owned and sponsored by a single for-profit firm, the Swedish company MySQL AB, now owned by Oracle Corporation.
MySQL is a popular choice of database for use in web applications, and is a central component of the widely used LAMP open source web application software stack (and other 'AMP' stacks). LAMP is an acronym for "Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP/Python." Free-software-open source projects that require a full-featured database management system often use MySQL.
Download MySQL
Uninstall any previous versions
through Control Panel prior to install. MySQL is 'Open Source' software
that is undergoing constant development. At the time of writing this guide
there are two later versions available
1. MySQL 5.5 is the current
development release series
2. MySQL 5.1 is the current
General Availability (Production) release series
I recommend you dowload the
latest General Availability (GA) version as it has undergone extensive testing
and is considered 'stable'. To check which is the latest GA version click here
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/choosing-version.html
The download you need for Windows
is 'MSI Installer' for your system mysql-essential-X.XX.XX-win32.msi - for 32
bit Windows OR mysql-essential-X.XX.XX-winx64.msi - for 64 bit Windows Download
link - http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/#downloads You
must exit all other programs, in particular Anti Virus programs. The
install outlines here was on a 64bit system and is identical to 32 bit install.
Should you experience errors with the install - see NOTES
below
Navigate
to the folder you downloaded to and click on install package.
