Installing MySQL 5.6 on Ubuntu
MySQL 5.6 has a lot of performance and replication improvements. Unfortunately MySQL 5.6 is not yet available through apt-get, so we will have to download the debian package and install it manually.
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MySQL 5.6 has a lot of performance and replication improvements. Unfortunately MySQL 5.6 is not yet available through apt-get, so we will have to download the debian package and install it manually.
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