Install Older version of mysql in Linux
Use below commands to install older version of Mysql in many linux distributions like Ubuntu, Debian and Linux Mint
Install Mysql version 5.5
$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/mysql-5.5
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.5
Install Mysql version 5.6
$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/mysql-5.6
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.6
Install Mysql version 5.7
$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/mysql-5.7
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.7
Update : If installing any of above version throwing an error. Just create a new file under /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mysql.list
and paste below lines and save it.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/mysql-5.6/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/mysql-5.6/ubuntu trusty main
And then run the command again to install the required version.
For example:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.6
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