Once the file is downloaded, locate it on your computer and open it, or open it directly from the downloads section of your browser. It’s just over 400 MB so will take a little bit to download depending on your connection. Once you do, the file will start downloading. You can do this if you want, or you can click the “No thanks” link at the bottom and download the file. You’ll then be asked to create or sign in to a free account. Otherwise, select the x86 option, which is what I’ll do. If you’re on the newer Macs with the newer CPUs, select the ARM option. There are many download links on this page, but the one we want to select is either the ARM or the x86 version at the top. You’ll also see a notice saying that packages for Big Sur, which is macOS 11, are compatible with Monterey or macOS 12. In the OS Version selection, you can select MySQL for either one of the two CPUs that are available: the ARM or the x86. You can select your operating system here if you want to change it, but it defaults to macOS if you’re on a Mac. We can see the version that we’re about to download, which at the time of recording is 8.0.28. I won’t cover that in this guide, but will be in a separate guide. We want to click on the one on the left that says “MySQL Community Server”.Īnother tool that will be helpful for working with SQL is MySQL Workbench, so you may want to download that too. On the Community Downloads page, there are many links.

Scroll to the bottom and click on the link here that says “MySQL Community GPL Downloads”. The one we want to download is the Community edition, which is free to use in many situations. There are several different versions of MySQL. Once the page loads, click on the Downloads link at the top. This will open the MySQL website, which should look something like this:

Step 1: Download the Installation Packageįirst, go to in your favourite browser.

Step 1: Download the Installation Package.

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