MySQL database server, installing

1. First let's install MySQL. Use the command:

apt-get install mysql-server

2. If you wish to use MySQL with PHP or Apache (most people do), then you should install these packages too:

apt-get install php4-mysql libapache-mod-auth-mysql

3. Copy over the base small server configuration (for systems with <= 64MB of RAM):

cp /usr/share/doc/mysql-server-5.0/examples/my-small.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf

4. Configure MySQL through Webmin (see Articles/DebianWebmin).

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