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Installing mysql on windows

This might seem like a daft question but i have been following the workshop for installing ruby on windows, its all installed fine but when i installed mysql it was a zip package, i have extracted all file but how can i run the program ? Can i install it on cmder ?

1 Answer

jason chan
jason chan
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Hey Simon you can try the bitami stack installer below

rails stack

It will give you less headache. But you have to clean uninstall everything previously. This comes with the full stack so rails and sql database.

I got it thanks, i didn't realise that i had to run a separate installer.