MySQL Workbench is available for Mac OS X and is distributed as a DMG file. The file is named mysql-workbench-oss-version-osx10.5-i686.dmg, where version is the MySQL Workbench version. To install MySQL Workbench on Mac OS X, simply download the file. Double-click the downloaded file. Windows — Copy C:/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Workbench 8.0 CE/ making sure to replace the last folder's name with the most current MySQL name. Mac — Copy /usr/local/mysql-8.0.13-osx10.13-x8664/ making sure to replace the last folder's name with the most current MySQL folder name. This chapter describes how to obtain and install MySQL. A summary of the procedure follows and later sections provide the details. If you plan to upgrade an existing version of MySQL to a newer version rather than install MySQL for the first time, see Section 2.11, “Upgrading MySQL”, for information about upgrade procedures and about issues that you should consider before upgrading. In 5.2.47 (at least on mac), go the location of the preferences is: MySQLWorkbench-Preferences-SQL Editor. Then you'll see both: DBMS connection keep-alive interval (in seconds): DBMS connection read time out (in seconds): The latter is where you'll want to up the limit from 600 to something a bit more. The software offers two options to select corrupt MySQL databases for repair, i.e. Repair databases at default MySQL location or manually browse and select a database available at another location. With this feature, you can repair specific MySQL database files without the need to move them around.
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MySQL Workbench is available for the following platforms:
Binary distributions of MySQL Workbench are avaliable for the above platforms. Source code distributions are also available as a tar.gz
package, or an RPM package.
The following sections explain the installation process for each of these platforms.
MySQL Workbench requires a current system to run smoothly. The minimum hardware requirements are:
CPU: Intel Core or Xeon 3GHz (or Dual Core 2GHz) or equal AMD CPU
Cores: Single (Dual/Quad Core is recommended)
RAM: 4 GB (6 GB recommended)
Graphic Accelerators: nVidia or ATI with support of OpenGL 1.5 or higher
Display Resolution: 1280×1024 is recommended, 1024×768 is minimum.
The following operating systems are officially supported:
Windows 7 (64-bit, Professional level or higher)
Mac OS X 10.6.1+
Ubuntu 9.10 (64bit)
Ubuntu 8.04 (32bit/64bit)
For convenience the following builds are also available:
Windows XP SP3, Vista
Mac OSX (10.5 and 10.6) Intel
Ubuntu 8.04 (i386/x64)
Ubuntu 9.04 (i386/x64)
Fedora 11 (i386/x64)
MySQL Workbench also has the following general requirements:
The Microsoft .NET 3.5 Framework.
Cairo 1.6.0 or later
glib-2.10
libxml-2.6
libsigc++ 2.0
pcre
libzip
For convenience the Windows libraries are available as the download “Dependencies for Compiling in Windows”.
On start up, the application checks the OpenGL version and selects between software and hardware rendering. To determine the rendering method that is being used, open the Help menu and choose the System Info submenu.
The procedure for launching MySQL Workbench depends on the platform. Generally, there are two ways to launch MySQL Workbench from the command line and from the graphical user interface of the host operating system. Using the command-line launching facility is useful when you want to customize some aspects of the way MySQL Workbench operates. Launching MySQL Workbench for each of the supported platforms is described in the following sections.
In addition to platform-specific command line options, MySQL Workbench has the following command line options:
--admin
- Launch MySQL Workbench and load the server instance specified. instance
--query
- Launch MySQL Workbench and load the connection specified. connection
--model
- Launch MySQL Workbench and load the model specified. modelfile
--script
- Launch MySQL Workbench and run the script specified. script
--run
- Launch MySQL Workbench and run the code snippet specified. code
--quit-when-done
- quits MySQL Workbench after --script or --run finishes.
MySQL Workbench may be installed using the Windows installer file or it may be installed manually from a ZIP file.
Installing MySQL Workbench Using the Installer
MySQL Workbench can be installed using the Windows Installer (.msi
) installation package. The MSI package bears the name mysql-workbench-
, where version
-win32.msiversion
indicates the MySQL Workbench version number.
Installing MySQL Workbench using the installer requires either Administrator or Power User privileges. If you are using the ZIP file without an installer, you do not need Administrator or Power User privileges.
Improving the MySQL Installation Wizard depends on the support and feedback of users. If you find that the MySQL Installation Wizard is lacking some feature important to you, or if you discover a bug, please report it in our bugs database. To do this use the Report a Bug option under the Help menu.
To install MySQL Workbench, right-click the MSI file and select the Install option from the pop-up menu, or simply double-click the file.
In the Setup Type window you may choose a Complete
or Custom
installation. To use all features of MySQL Workbench choose the Complete
option.
Unless you choose otherwise, MySQL Workbench is installed in C:
, where %PROGRAMFILES%
MySQLMySQL Workbench 5.1 edition_type
%PROGRAMFILES%
is the default directory for programs for your locale. The %PROGRAMFILES%
directory may be C:Program Files
or C:programme
.
Installing from the ZIP File
If you are having problems running the installer, as an alternative, you can download a ZIP file without an installer. That file is called mysql-workbench-
. Using a ZIP utility, unpack it to the directory of your choice. You may also want to create a shortcut on your desktop or the quick launch bar. version
-win32.zip
To install using the ZIP file, download the ZIP file to a convenient location and decompress the file. You can place the resulting directory anywhere on you system. You do not need to install or configure the application before using it.
To start MySQL Workbench on Windows select Start, Programs, MySQL and then select MySQL Workbench.
You may also start MySQL Workbench from the command line. To view the available command-line options, issue the command MySQLWorkbench -help | more from the MySQL Workbench installation directory. You will see the following output:
The MySQL Workbench version number is displayed followed by a usage message and then the options. Use the -swrendering
option if your video card does not support OpenGL 1.5. The -version
option can be used to display the MySQL Workbench version number. The -grtversion
can be used to display the GRT shell version number. The other options are self-explanatory.
When using command-line options that display output to a console window, namely -help
and -version
, be sure that you pipe the output through the more command otherwise nothing will be displayed.
The method for uninstalling MySQL Workbench will depend on how you install MySQL Workbench in the first place.
Rmoving MySQL Workbench when installed Using the Installer
To uninstall MySQL Workbench, open the Control Panel and Choose Add or Remove Programs. Find the MySQL Workbench entry and choose the button. Doing this will remove MySQL Workbench.
Any modules added to the C:Program FilesMySQLMySQL Workbench
directory will not be deleted. version
modules
It is not possible to remove MySQL Workbench from the command line if you have installed MySQL Workbench using the installer. Although you can manually remove some of the compoentns There is no command-line option for removing MySQL Workbench.
Removing the MySQL Workbench directory manually will not remove all the files belonging to MySQL Workbench.
When installed from a ZIP file
If you installed MySQL Workbench using a ZIP file, to remove MySQL Workbench you can just delete the MySQL Workbench directory.
If you installed any additional modules within the modules
directory and you want to keep them, make sure you copy those modules to a different directory before deleting the MySQL Workbench directory.
There are several binary distributions of MySQL Workbench available for Linux. These include:
Fedora 10 amd64 (RPM)
Ubuntu 8.04 i386 (DEB)
Ubuntu 8.10 amd64 (DEB)
In addition to the binary distributions, it is also possible to download the MySQL Workbench source code as a tar.gz
or RPM package.
Check the MySQL Workbench download page for the latest packages.
The procedure for installing on Linux depends on which Linux distribution you are using.
Installing DEB packages
On Ubuntu, and other systems that use the Debian package scheme, you can install MySQL Workbench using a command such as:
Note that
will be the MySQL Workbench package, for example, package
.debmysql-workbench-oss-
, where version
_i386.debversion
is the MySQL Workbench version number.
You may be warned that certain libraries are not available, depending on what you already have installed. Install the required libraries and then install the MySQL Workbench package again.
Installing RPM packages
On RedHat-based systems, and other systems using the RPM package format, MySQL Workbench can be installed by a command such as:
Again, note that
will be the MySQL Workbench package, for example, package
.rpmmysql-workbench-oss-
, and version
-1fc10.x86_64.rpmversion
is the MySQL Workbench version number.
Once MySQL Workbench has been installed it can be launched by selecting Applications, Programming, MySQL Workbench from the main menu.
MySQL Workbench can also be launched from the command line on Linux. Type the command:
This will display the available command-line options:
The procedure for uninstalling MySQL Workbench on Linux depends on the packe you are using.
Uninstalling DEB packages
For Debian packages the command is:
This does not remove the configuration files. If you wish to also remove the configuration files use:
Uninstalling RPM packages
To uninstall RPM packages use:
This does not remove the configuration files.
MySQL Workbench is available for Mac OS X and is distributed as a DMG file. The file is named mysql-workbench-oss-
, where version
-osx10.5-i686.dmgversion
is the MySQL Workbench version.
To install MySQL Workbench on Mac OS X, simply download the file. Double-click the downloaded file. You will be presented with the installation screen:
Figure 3.1. MySQL Workbench Mac OS X Installation Screen
Drag the MySQL Workbench icon onto the Application icon as instructed. MySQL Workbench is now installed.
You can now launch MySQL Workbench from the Applications folder.
To launch MySQL Workbench on Mac OS X, simply open the Applications folder in the Finder, then double-click MySQL Workbench.
It is also possible to start MySQL Workbench from the command line:
A model file must be specified.
To uninstall MySQL Workbench for Mac OS X, simply locate MySQL Workbench in the Applications folder, right-click, and select Move to Trash. The application is uninstalled.