is considered the best database for on . In my , the analogy with is . SQL server .NET Windows personal opinion Mono MySql In this post, we’ll see how to setup it and it’s on . connector Ubuntu I was trying to do some , to support a project which need it and can run on . In an effort to get everything out of . Mysql .NET on Ubuntu linux Windows During the process, the had some fever: software center Initially, I tried individual installations of and . However, since I was not 100% sure (and the above eclipse), I just everything and followed the way. Workbench Mysql from APT purged sure Installed mysql server using command sudo apt-get install mysql-server Gave password ( ): and forgot Set up client using , which can be accesed as by using command terminal sudo apt-get install mysql-client root mysql -u root -p And/Or from using UI sudo apt-get install mysql-workbench Setting up Mysql connector Go to download the connector. Select platform and initiate download process. here .NET & Mono Extract the downloaded file and move it to your directory of preference. An inside view of the directory will look like this: to the directory and ensure that indeed exists by using command. I went to to make sure that I have all the new patches. cd MySql.Data.dll ls v4.5 Use command to register it to Global Assembly Cache (GAC) sudo gacutil /i MySql.Data.dll To confirm registration: Go to directory by using command /usr/lib/mono/gac cd /usr/lib/mono/gac List it’s contents by using command ls You will find if the registration has been successful. MySql.Data I tried following but , the above steps were tried on 64bit Ubuntu 14.6. official installation instruction didn’t found it perfect Photos Originally published at xameeramir.github.io .