The MySQL Installer for Windows is used to install versions of MySQL higher than 8.0.39. This installer features a slightly more streamlined setup process but also uses a GUI.

Let’s make some database magic. SEE: The nuts and bolts of upgrading from Ubuntu Server 20.04 to 22.04. How to install MySQL I’m going to demonstrate how to set up Adminer with the MySQL database.

In other words, if you install a brand-new MySQL 8 on, say, Ubuntu 18.04 from the MySQL repositories for that OS, the included copy of MySQL Workbench won’t support SHA-256 authentication!