MySQL installation in Ubuntu 10.04

MySQL is one of the most popular relational database systems which is widely used with PHP applications. It's relatively easy to set up and use. Here's a quick guide of how to install and configure MySQL in the newest release of Ubuntu.

First install the MySQL server:

sudo aptitude install mysql-server

The installer will ask you for a root password. Using root user, however, is not the best practice. It's way better to give yourself permissions to create and use databases.

First open MySQL console:

mysql -p -u root

Next, grant yourself all priviledges for localhost connections (replace 'kuba' with your user name and password with password of your preference):

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO kuba@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'my$ecret';
\q

Now you can create MySQL databases without the need of using root account:

mysqladmin -p create wordpress