How to Install MySQL 8 on Debian 13

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MySQL is an open-source, fast, reliable, and flexible relational database management system, typically used with PHP. In this article, we are going to learn how to install MySQL 8 on Debian 13. So, let’s get started.

Pre-requisites

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• A system with Debian 13 installed and running.

• root access to the system.

Once you're all set, we'll proceed with MySQL 8 installation and configuration.

Add Repository

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Let us begin with adding the MySQL Dev apt repository.

apt update

apt -y install wget gnupg

wget https://repo.mysql.com//mysql-apt-config_0.8.32-1_all.deb

dpkg -i mysql-apt-config_0.8.32-1_all.deb

Debian Trixie (Debian 13) is not directly listed in MySQL’s repo config. You can safely select Debian Bookworm during the configuration prompt.

Fix Missing libaio1 Dependency

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MySQL requires libaio1, which is no longer included in Debian 13.
We can install it from the Debian 12 (Bookworm) repository:

cd /tmp
wget http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/liba/libaio/libaio1_0.3.113-4_amd64.deb
apt install ./libaio1_0.3.113-4_amd64.deb

Install MySQL 8

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Let's install MySQL 8 using the below commands.

apt update

apt -y install mysql-server

Create Database

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Let us begin with creating a Database and a user. We will then grant the required privileges to the user so it can interact with the Database:

    mysql -u root -p

    CREATE USER 'test_user_crowncloud'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY "Password_crowncloud";

    CREATE DATABASE test_db_crowncloud;

    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON test_db_crowncloud.* TO 'test_user_crowncloud'@'localhost';

    FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

    EXIT

The above commands will give complete access to the test_db_crowncloud Database to the user test_user_crowncloud. We suggest using a strong and long password.

Now you have successfully installed MySQL 8 on Debian 13.