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Installing from the command line

  1. Import-Module BitsTransfer

  2. Start-BitsTransfer https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.7/mysql-5.7.23-winx64.zip
  3. extractZipFile.ps1 c:\temp\mysql-5.7.23-winx64.zip C:\pf
  4. cd \pf\mysql-5.7.23-winx64\bin
  5. .\mysqld --initialize --console
  6. A series of messages will traverse the screen, completing with the following statement “A temporary password is generated for root@localhost: xxxxxxxx”
  7. Make a note of the password, do not lose it. If you do lose the password, delete the whole of the MySQL folder and repeat from step 24.
  8. Start MySQL using the command
    1. start mysqld --console
  9. MySQL is now running as a background process


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