There are binary distributions of MySQL Workbench available for
several variants of Linux, including Fedora, Oracle Linux, and
Ubuntu.
In addition to the binary distributions, it is also possible to
download the MySQL Workbench source code as a
tar.gz or RPM package.
Check the MySQL Workbench
download
page for the latest packages.
The procedure for installing on Linux depends on which Linux
distribution you are using.
Installing DEB packages
On Ubuntu, and other systems that use the Debian package scheme,
you can install MySQL Workbench using a command such as:
shell> sudo dpkg -i package.deb
package.deb is
the MySQL Workbench package name; for example,
mysql-workbench-oss-version_i386.deb,
where version is the MySQL Workbench
version number.
Note
You may be warned that certain libraries are not available,
depending on what you already have installed. Install the
required libraries and then install the MySQL Workbench package
again.
Installing RPM packages
On Red Hat-based systems, and other systems that use the RPM
package format, MySQL Workbench can be installed by a command such
as:
shell> sudo rpm -i package.rpm
package.rpm is
the MySQL Workbench package name; for example,
mysql-workbench-oss-version-1fc10.x86_64.rpm,
where version is the MySQL Workbench
version number.
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