> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://itrp19-notes.gitbook.io/notes/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://itrp19-notes.gitbook.io/notes/reference/database/my-sql.md).

# My SQL

In order to communicate with the database, we need to install either mysql or MariaDB on our local machine. To install MySQL on a Linux machine.

```
sudo apt update && sudo apt install mysql*
```