At some point in your life as a Linux administrator, you’re going to have to work with a database. And because you’re working with the Linux platform, chances are high that database will be MySQL. In some cases, you’ll only need to interact with MySQL long enough to create an empty database to be used for a web-based tool, such as OrangeHRM, Wordpress, Drupal, or Nextcloud. You might also be on track to learn the open source database tool, in hopes of someday serving as a database administrator for a company.

Regardless of why, you need to get up to speed with MySQL...and that very well might mean starting from the very beginning. That’s exactly what we’re here for: to install MySQL and learn how to use it, without having to depend upon a GUI tool for all the heavy lifting.
I’ll be demonstrating on a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.10. Let’s kick this off by installing MySQL.