Installing MySQL 8.0 on Debian 12

sachin

Install MySQL 8.0

# removing mariadb and any pre-installed mysql packages
apt-get purge mysql\* libmysql\*
apt-get purge mariadb\*

# below 2 commands, only if required
apt autoremove
apt --fix-broken install

cd /usr/src
wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.8.29-1_all.deb
dpkg -i /usr/src/mysql-apt-config_0.8.29-1_all.deb

# if need to reconfigure it
dpkg-reconfigure mysql-apt-config

Setting the repo by editing nano /etc/apt/preferences.d/mysql

Package: mysql-*
Pin: origin "repo.mysql.com"
Pin-Priority: 900

Installing MySQL 8.0

apt update
apt install mysql-server

systemctl status mysql
systemctl enable mysql
systemctl start mysql
systemctl status mysql