mysql community server vs mysql installer

Question

I recently thought of upgrading mysql in my system for a project when I found two parallelly available downloads for windows in mysql site. I cannot figure out the differenc

Answer 1

The only difference is that MSI installer come with all mysql products (mysql server, mysql workbeanch, plugins, etc) and you have a wizar that guide you through install and it's check dependencys . That is the only diference i found using the MSI installer and the comunity edition.

It is more easy to use MSI installer if you don't know what products you have to install on your computer.

Be careful when you use the web installer, because you need that internet connection at your workplace work fine.

Answer 2

Both will install into same final setup. the web-community is online installer, you need to download to connect to the online server and installations files come from online while the community installer is an offline installer with full features. web-installer (online, need internet connection to complete the installation), community-installer(offline, full).

Answer 3

The differences are:

• MySQL Community is for all Operating Systems including only the Server itself, whereas
• MySQL Installer (MSI installer) is for Windows only and includes Windows specify integrations like Excel, and Visual Studio integrations.

Answer 4

The difference between MySQL Community (mysql-8.0.18-winx64) and MySQL Installer (mysql-installer-community-8.0.18.0.msi) is that the MySQL Installer has

1. MySQL Server
2. MySQL Connectors
3. MySQL Workbench and sample models
4. MySQL for Excel
5. MySQL for Visual Studio, Etc..

And MySQL Community only includes the MySQL Server. Hope this helps anyone who is still looking for an answer.