- 2.3.5.1. Extracting the Install Archive
- 2.3.5.2. Creating an Option File
- 2.3.5.3. Selecting a MySQL Server Type
- 2.3.5.4. Starting the Server for the First Time
- 2.3.5.5. Starting MySQL from the Windows Command Line
- 2.3.5.6. Customizing the PATH for MySQL Tools
- 2.3.5.7. Starting MySQL as a Windows Service
- 2.3.5.8. Testing The MySQL Installation
Users who are installing from the Noinstall package can use the instructions in this section to manually install MySQL. The process for installing MySQL from a Zip archive is as follows:
Extract the archive to the desired install directory
Create an option file
Choose a MySQL server type
Start the MySQL server
Secure the default user accounts
This process is described in the sections that follow.