Install Mysql 5

install-mysql-5.sh

#!/bin/bash
## Install Mysql 5.5.62 Debian 12
## https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/community/
## https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/p/23/file/mysql-5.5.62-linux-glibc2.12-x86_64.tar.gz
## https://www.hukot.net/community/en/tutorials/how-to-install-mysql-server-5-5-62-on-debian-ubuntu


## This tutorial also works on other versions of MySQL server in branch 5.5.x.
## Uninstall any existing version of MySQL; It's not mandatory
## rm /var/lib/mysql/ -R
## Delete the MySQL profile
## rm /etc/mysql/ -R

apt update
apt install libncurses5 curl wget libaio1

## Automatically uninstall mysql, It's not mandatory
# apt autoremove mysql* --purge
# apt remove apparmor

## Download version 5.5.62 from MySQL site
wget https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/p/23/file/mysql-5.5.62-linux-glibc2.12-x86_64.tar.gz

## Add mysql user group and user
groupadd mysql && useradd -g mysql mysql

## Extract the tar file
tar -xvf mysql-5.5.62-linux-glibc2.12-x86_64.tar.gz

## Move it to /usr/local
mv mysql-5.5.62-linux-glibc2.12-x86_64 /usr/local/mysql

## set MySql directory owner and user group
chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql

# Execute mysql installation script
cd /usr/local/mysql && scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql

## Set data directory owner from inside mysql directory
chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql

## Copy the mysql configuration file
cp /usr/local/mysql/support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf

## Start mysql

cd /usr/local/mysql && bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql & 
cp /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysql.server

## Set root user password
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new_password'

## Add mysql path to the system
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin' >> /etc/profile
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin
ln -s /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql /usr/local/bin/
ln -s /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config /usr/local/bin/


## Start mysql server
/etc/init.d/mysql.server start
/etc/init.d/mysql.server status

## Enable myql on startup
update-rc.d -f mysql.server defaults

## Install mysql client It's not mandatory
# apt-get install default-mysql-client

## Now login using the below command, start MySQL server if it’s not running already
mysql -u root -p