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= Install from Oracle MySQL

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== Adding the MySQL repository to Fedora

Please download the release package provided by Oracle from: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/yum/
Once downloaded, please install it using dnf:

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sudo dnf install <path to downloaded rpm>
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Please note that this repository is provided by Oracle
so any issues/bugs encountered will need to be reported to them
via their communication channels: https://www.mysql.com/about/faq/

== Installing MySQL on Fedora

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sudo dnf install mysql-community-server
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== Start MySQL Service and Enable at Loggin:

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sudo systemctl start mysqld
sudo systemctl enable mysqld
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find Default Password,  For security reasons, MySQL generates a temporary root key. Please note that MySQL has even stricter security policies than MariaDB.

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sudo grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log
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== Configuring MySQL before the first use

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sudo mysql_secure_installation
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Then, answer the security questions as you prefer. or just say **yes** to all of them.

== Using MySQL

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sudo mysql -u root -p
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== Removing MySQL

I suggest to remove in the following way, the most appropriate and safe way without removing many dependencies is:

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sudo rpm -e --nodeps mysql-community-libs mysql-community-common mysql-community-server
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