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MySQL is a widely spread, multi-threaded, multi-user SQL database, developed by Oracle.

## Installation

Arch Linux favors MariaDB, a community-developed fork of MySQL, aiming for drop-in compatibility.

Oracle's MySQL was dropped to the AUR: mysqlAUR.

Another fork aiming to be fully compatible is Percona Server, available as percona-server.

The InnoDB storage engine by Oracle was also forked by Percona as XtraDB. The fork is used by both MariaDB and Percona Server.

### Graphical tools

- phpMyAdmin — MySQL web interface, written in PHP.

  https://www.phpmyadmin.net || phpmyadmin

- MySQL Workbench — Unified visual tool for database architects, developers, and DBAs. Developed by Oracle and not guaranteed to work with MariaDB.

  https://www.mysql.com/products/workbench/ || mysql-workbench

For tools supporting multiple DBMSs, see List of applications/Documents#Database tools.

### Console tools

- MyCLI — A terminal client for MySQL with autocompletion and syntax highlighting.

  https://www.mycli.net || mycliAUR

### Programmatic access

- JDBC and MySQL
- PHP#MySQL/MariaDB
- Python
  - python-mysqlclient
  - python-mysql-connector
- C++
  - mysql++
- Perl
  - perl-dbd-mysql
- Ruby
  - ruby-mysql2AUR

### Docker

A docker image is available: https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql

## Troubleshooting

### Cannot connect to local MySQL server through socket

If running a new container fails to start, you may need to increase the ulimit. See GitHub issue for more information.

Categories:

- Relational DBMSs
- Oracle