Find the entry for the subrepository you want to configure, and edit the enabled option. Specify
enabled=0 to disable a subrepository, or enabled=1 to enable a subrepository. For example, to
install MySQL 5.7, make sure you have enabled=0 for the above subrepository entry for MySQL 8.0,
and have enabled=1 for the entry for the 5.7 series:
You should only enable subrepository for one release series at any time. When subrepositories for
more than one release series are enabled, the latest series will be used by Yum.
Verify that the correct subrepositories have been enabled and disabled by running the following
command and checking its output (for dnf-enabled systems, replace yum in the command with
dnf):
3. Installing MySQL
Install MySQL by the following command (for dnf-enabled systems, replace yum in the command
with dnf):
This installs the package for the MySQL server, as well as other required packages.
4. Starting the MySQL Server
Start the MySQL server with the following command:
# Enable to use MySQL 5.7
[mysql57-community]
name=MySQL 5.7 Community Server
baseurl=http://repo.mysql.com/yum/mysql-5.7-community/el/6/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-mysql
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