Using YUM repositories

  1. Find the Red Hat or CentOS version:
shell> cat /etc/redhat-releaseCentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)
  1. Add the MySQL Yum repository to your system's repository list. This is a one-time operation that can be performed by installing an RPM provided by MySQL. You can download the MySQL YUM Repository from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/yum/ and choose the file depending on your OS. Install the downloaded release package with the following command, replacing the name with the platform- and version-specific package name of the downloaded RPM package:
shell> sudo yum localinstall -y mysql57-community-release-el7-11.noarch.rpmLoaded plugins: fastestmirrorExamining mysql57-community-release-el7-11.noarch.rpm: mysql57-community-release-el7-11.noarch ...

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