How to install older versions of MySQL

Hello! I'm Shimeji from the System Solutions Department.
I was transferred to the SRE team in December, and although things are a bit chaotic, I'm doing my best.

As mentioned in the title, there are times when you want to install an older version of MySQL, but the official website does not provide a repository.
In such cases, please follow the steps below to install it.
(The following example shows the installation of MySQL 5.7.)

Download the RPM Bundle file from the official website

Download the RPM Bundle file of your desired version from the download page.
MySQL Download Page

wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.7/mysql-5.7.24-1.el7.x86_64.rpm-bundle.tar

Extracting files

Once the download is complete, unpack it

tar -xvf mysql-5.7.24-1.el7.x86_64.rpm-bundle.tar

Local installation

Install the RPM packages you downloaded locally.
→ Run yum install for the following:
mysql-community-server mysql-
community-client
mysql-community-common mysql-community
-devel mysql
-community-libs
mysql-community-libs-compat

yum localinstall mysql-community-server-5.7.24-1.el7.x86_64.rpm mysql-community-client-5.7.24-1.el7.x86_64.rpm mysql-community-common-5.7.24-1.el7.x86_64.rpm mysql-community-devel-5.7.24-1.el7.x86_64.rpm mysql-community-libs-5.7.24-1.el7.x86_64.rpm mysql-community-libs-compat-5.7.24-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

confirmation

Installation successful!

[root@localhost src]# mysql --version mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.24, for Linux (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper

summary

I personally had trouble installing older versions of MySQL, so I hope this article will be helpful to someone.
Thank you for your continued support this year.