Installation Layouts Alternatively,  rpm  also supports loading the key directly from a URL, and you can use this manual page: If you need to obtain the MySQL public key, see Section 2.1.4.2, “Signature Checking Using GnuPG” . The installation layout differs for different installation types (for example, native packages, binary tarballs, and source tarballs), which can lead to confusion when managing different systems or using different installation sources. The individual layouts are given in the corresponding installation type or platform chapter, as described following. Note that the layout of installations from vendors other than Oracle may differ from these layouts. In some cases, the compiler used to build MySQL affects the features available for use. The notes in this section apply for binary distributions provided by Oracle Corporation or that you compile yourself from source. Oracle provides a set of binary distributions of MySQL. These include generic binary distributions in the form of compressed  tar  files (files with a  .tar.xz  extension) for a number of platforms, and binaries in platform-specific package formats for selected platforms. This section covers the installation of MySQL from a compressed  tar  file binary distribution on Unix/ Linux platforms. For Linux-generic binary distribution installation instructions with a focus on MySQL security features, refer to the Secure Deployment Guide. For other platform-specific binary package formats, see the other platform-specific sections in this manual. For example, for Windows distributions, see Section 2.3, “Installing MySQL on Microsoft Windows” . See Section 2.1.3, “How to Get MySQL”  on how to obtain MySQL in different distribution formats. MySQL compressed  tar  file binary distributions have names of the form  mysql- VERSION - OS .tar.xz , where  VERSION  is a number (for example,  8.0.25 ), and  OS  indicates the type of operating system for which the distribution is intended (for example,  pc-linux-i686  or  winx64 ). There is also a “minimal install”  version of the MySQL compressed  tar  file for the Linux generic binary distribution, which has a name of the form  mysql- VERSION - OS - GLIBCVER - ARCH -minimal.tar.xz . The minimal install distribution excludes debug binaries and is stripped of debug symbols, making it significantly smaller than the regular binary distribution. If you choose to install the minimal install distribution, remember to adjust for the difference in file name format in the instructions that follow. 111 •SSL support is not included. 2.2 Installing MySQL on Unix/Linux Using Generic Binaries A server built with  icc  has these characteristics: icc  (Intel C++ Compiler) Builds 2.1.6 Compiler-Specific Build Characteristics •Table 2.7, “MySQL Installation Layout on macOS” •Table 2.12, “MySQL Installation Layout for Linux RPM Packages from the MySQL Developer Zone” •Table 2.3, “MySQL Installation Layout for Generic Unix/Linux Binary Package” •Section 2.9.3, “MySQL Layout for Source Installation” •Section 2.3.1, “MySQL Installation Layout on Microsoft Windows” shell>  rpm --import https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/checking-gpg-signature.html 2.1.5 Installation Layouts