MySQL :: MySQL 8.4 Reference Manual :: 2.1 General Installation Guidance (original) (raw)
2.1.2 Which MySQL Version and Distribution to Install
2.1.4 Verifying Package Integrity Using MD5 Checksums or GnuPG
2.1.6 Compiler-Specific Build Characteristics
The immediately following sections contain the information necessary to choose, download, and verify your distribution. The instructions in later sections of the chapter describe how to install the distribution that you choose. For binary distributions, see the instructions at Section 2.2, “Installing MySQL on Unix/Linux Using Generic Binaries” or the corresponding section for your platform if available. To build MySQL from source, use the instructions inSection 2.8, “Installing MySQL from Source”.