Installing MySQL 5.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)

Ubuntu 14.04 defaults to MySQL 5.5, but also has MySQL 5.6 available for installation from the universe archive. Installing 5.6 is as easy as specifying the version, apt-get install mysql-server-5.6:


root@ubuntu1404:~# apt-get install mysql-server-5.6
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The following extra packages will be installed:
libaio1 libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libhtml-template-perl libmysqlclient18 libterm-readkey-perl mysql-client-5.6 mysql-client-core-5.6 mysql-common
mysql-common-5.6 mysql-server-core-5.6
Suggested packages:
libclone-perl libmldbm-perl libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl libsql-statement-perl libipc-sharedcache-perl mailx tinyca
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libaio1 libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libhtml-template-perl libmysqlclient18 libterm-readkey-perl mysql-client-5.6 mysql-client-core-5.6 mysql-common
mysql-common-5.6 mysql-server-5.6 mysql-server-core-5.6
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2014-04-21 11:50:07 0 [Warning] Using unique option prefix key_buffer instead of key_buffer_size is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the full name instead.
2014-04-21 11:50:07 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is deprecated. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentation for more details).
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And then:


root@ubuntu1404:~# mysql -uroot -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 45
Server version: 5.6.16-1~exp1 (Ubuntu)

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mysql> select version();
+---------------+
| version() |
+---------------+
| 5.6.16-1~exp1 |
+---------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Update: A slightly more detailed tutorial for this is available here. Thank you internet!