Tutorials > Setting Up a Development Environment > Installing MySQL
4. Installing MySQL
- This article assumes you have completed the previous tutorials up to: Installing PHP
- Go to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ and download the latest Windows Installer.
- On the next page just click 'No thanks' at the bottom.
- Run the install.
- Choose Custom install.
- I let it install to the default directory, and leave everything else default too, then click install.
- If prompted about MySQL Enterprise, just click next.
- Once finished leave the checkbox filled in to launch the MySQL Instance Configuration Wizard and click Finish.
- Choose Standard Configuration.
- Click the box for 'Include Bin Directory in Windows PATH'.
- Choose a password for the root user (it doesn't have to be anything special, but write it down because you will need it).
- Now we're ready to execute, this process might take some time.
- Once configuration is done click Finish. MySQL is now installed.
- You should restart your computer at this point otherwise the command line will not work yet.