The second-highest priority (800) come from packages of the Ubuntu Security repos (for security patches) and finally the local Ubuntu mirror, where all the other packages are installed from, has the lowest pin-priority (700). In this case the packages originating from (the domain of the MySQL repository) have the highest pin-priority (900). A new apt preference configuration was added into /etc/apt/preferences.d/mysql with the following cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/mysql This can be achieved by using repository pinning (see older article Set higher preference/priority to a apt repository over another for more information). Note: The installation was manually aborted.Īpt needs to be told that the packages from the MySQL repository has precedence and are preferred over the Ubuntu repositories. Mysql-server mysql-server-8.0 mysql-server-core-8.0Ġ upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 23 not upgraded.Īfter this operation, 246 MB of additional disk space will be used. The following NEW packages will be installed: Libhtml-template-perl libmecab2 mecab-ipadic mecab-ipadic-utf8 mecab-utils mysql-client-8.0 mysql-client-core-8.0 The following additional packages will be installed: So far so good, but without additional configuration, Ubuntu would still chose to install MySQL apt-get install mysql-server Repository pinning / making the mysql repository the preferred repo Get:12 bionic/mysql-tools amd64 Packages Get:9 bionic/mysql-apt-config i386 Packages Get:8 bionic/mysql-apt-config amd64 Packages Get:5 focal-updates/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata But the packages are still compatible.Īn apt-get update (or apt update) activates the apt-get update

The mysql-5.7 branch does not exist in the focal repository. Note: Yes, the MySQL apt config script sets 'bionic' instead of 'focal' as distribution release. # Use command 'dpkg-reconfigure mysql-apt-config' as root for modifications.

# You may comment out entries below, but any other modifications may be lost. # THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED # This creates an apt source in cat /etc/apt//mysql.list Afterwards the installation was finished by selecting twice Ok.

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