Installing MySQL on Linux Figure 2.23 MySQL Preference Pane: Configuration The MySQL Preference Pane shows the current status of the MySQL server, showing  stopped  (in red) if the server is not running and  running  (in green) if the server has already been started. The preference pane also shows the current setting for whether the MySQL server has been set to start automatically. Linux supports a number of different solutions for installing MySQL. We recommend that you use one of the distributions from Oracle, for which several methods for installation are available: Table 2.8 Linux Installation Methods and Information 2.5 Installing MySQL on Linux 170 Type Setup Method Additional Information Apt Enable the MySQL Apt repository Documentation Yum Enable the MySQL Yum repository Documentation Zypper Enable the MySQL SLES repository Documentation RPM Download a specific package Documentation DEB Download a specific package Documentation Generic Download a generic package Documentation Source Compile from source Documentation