This tutorial has been written to help you install MySQL 8 on Debian 10 / Debian 9. This guide is for a fresh installation of MySQL 8.0 on Debian 10/9. If you have an older version of MySQL Server (e.g 5.7), you’ll need to do an in-place upgrade or dump all data, upgrade packages and re-import all database data to MySQL 8.0.
If you’re running Ubuntu 18.04 or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS system, use below guides instead:
How to Install MySQL 8.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 / 16.04
Follow steps below to Install MySQL 8.0 on Debian 9 / Debian 8.
Step 1: Add MySQL Dev apt repository
MySQL 8.0 packages are available on official MySQL Dev apt repository.
sudo apt -y install wget wget https://repo.mysql.com//mysql-apt-config_0.8.13-1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i mysql-apt-config_0.8.13-1_all.deb
Agree to configure MySQL Apt repository.
Confirm addition of MySQL 8.0 repository as default when prompted.
Then tab to <OK> and press <Enter> key to confirm version installation.
Step 2: Install MySQL 8.0 on Debian 10/ Debian 9
Once the repository has been added, install MySQL 8.0 on Debian 10 / Debian 9 by running the following commands:
sudo apt update sudo apt -y install mysql-server
When asked for the rootpassword, provide the password.
Re-enter root database user password.
Select the Authentication plugin and select <OK> to finish installation of MySQL 8.0 on Debian 10 / Debian 9.
Check version installed using the apt-policycommand:
$ apt policy mysql-server
mysql-server:
Installed: 8.0.13-1debian9
Candidate: 8.0.13-1debian9
Version table:
*** 8.0.13-1debian9 500
500 http://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian stretch/mysql-8.0 amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
5.5.9999+default 500
500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
The mysql service should be started by default, you can confirm service status using the command:
$ sudo systemctl status is-enabled mysql
Unit is-enabled.service could not be found.
● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2018-11-24 11:26:34 UTC; 1min 54s ago
Docs: man:mysqld(8)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/using-systemd.html
Process: 1917 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/mysql-8.0/mysql-systemd-start pre (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1952 (mysqld)
Status: "SERVER_OPERATING"
Tasks: 37 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/mysql.service
└─1952 /usr/sbin/mysqld
Nov 24 11:26:33 deb9 systemd[1]: Starting MySQL Community Server...
Nov 24 11:26:34 deb9 systemd[1]: Started MySQL Community Server.
Step 3: Test MySQL 8.0 Installation on Debian 9 / Debian 8
Let’s test to confirm if MySQL 8.0 installed on Debian 10 / Debian 9 is working as expected.
Login as root user with a created password:
$ mysql -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 8 Server version: 8.0.13 MySQL Community Server - GPL Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql> SELECT VERSION(); +-----------+ | VERSION() | +-----------+ | 8.0.13 | +-----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Create a Test database and user.
CREATE USER 'test_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY "Jek1oleiboafei4eeghu"; CREATE DATABASE test_db; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON test_db.* TO 'test_user'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; QUIT
Try to access the database console as test_user:
$ mysql -u test_user -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 9 Server version: 8.0.13 MySQL Community Server - GPL Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql> SHOW DATABASES; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | test_db | +--------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql> QUIT
Once confirmed to be able to login and use assigned database, login again as root user and drop both the test database and user.
mysql> DROP DATABASE test_db; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec) mysql> DROP USER 'test_user'@'localhost'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec) mysql> SELECT USER FROM mysql.user; +------------------+ | USER | +------------------+ | mysql.infoschema | | mysql.session | | mysql.sys | | root | +------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> QUIT Bye
Install Desktop Database Management Tool
If working with MySQL command line is not your thing, then consider installing a Database Tool to help you. Check out our guide below:
Install and Configure DBeaver on Fedora 30/29 & CentOS 7/8
MySQL 8.0 has been confirmed to be installed and working on Debian 9 / Debian 8. Thank you for using our guide and stay connected for more articles related to Database Administration.
