The MySQL Shell is an interactive Javascript, Python, or SQL interface supporting development and administration for the MySQL Server and is a component of the MySQL Server.

This section describes how to download, install, and start MySQL Shell, which is an interactive JavaScript, Python, or SQL interface supporting development and administration for MySQL Server.

If you have not yet installed MySQL Shell, download it from the download site. For notes detailing the changes in each release, see the MySQL Shell Release Notes.

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Download the Windows (x86, 64-bit), MSI Installer package from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/shell/. When prompted, click Run. Follow the steps in the Setup Wizard.

For supported Linux distributions, the easiest way to install MySQL Shell on Linux is to use the MySQL APT repository or MySQL Yum repository. For systems not using the MySQL repositories, MySQL …

As of MySQL 8.1, use a MySQL product's MSI or Zip archive for installation. MySQL Server 8.1 and higher also bundle MySQL Configurator, a tool that helps configure MySQL Server.

For supported Linux distributions, the easiest way to install MySQL Shell on Linux is to use the MySQL APT repository or MySQL Yum repository. For systems not using the MySQL repositories, MySQL …

This section describes how to install the MySQL Shell for VS Code for use inside Visual Studio Code and to activate an embedded instance of MySQL Shell if it is not installed on your system.

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