Install MySQL on Fedora

1.) Change to root user

su

##OR##

su -c

2.) Check for latest version

yum list mysql mysql-server

 3.) Update or Install Mysql

yum install mysql mysql-server

4.) Start MySQL server and autostart MySQL on boot

systemctl start mysqld.service ##Will start MySql##

systemctl enable mysqld.service ##Will enable MySql service on boot##

##OR##

service mysqld start

chkconfig –levels 235 mysqld on

5.)  MySQL Secure Installation

/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

6.) Change the root user’s password

mysqladmin -u root password <your password>

7.) Connect to MySQL database (localhost) with password

mysql -u root -p

Thanks for reading. If you have any suggestions or query, please feel free to comment.