Table of Contents

Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 2
Virtual Machine Setup ............................................................................................................................. 2
MySQL (5.6) Setup ................................................................................................................................... 3
MySQL-Workbench Setup ..................................................................................................................... 11
MySQL-Workbench Performance Tab ................................................................................................... 14
Software Download Links ...................................................................................................................... 15

Introduction
Step by step installation process to install MySQL 5.6 (fresh installation) on Windows 64bit
Virtual Machine
This applies to Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 64bit Editions, in fact there should not
any problem on Windows 2012 Edition. That means either of the OS is installed already
The OS/VM connects to the internet and you do not have to do a full Windows Update of
your OS/VM to test
MySQL Workbench ZIP Install is used (Not going for a full blown installation meeting the
requirements of Visual Studio installation etc)
Bare minimum screenshots are used that means just the required part to keep going

Virtual Machine Setup

Oracle Virtual Box Version

Only Guest Additions installed on the system initially

The only Windows update was IE

MySQL (5.6) Setup

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/installer/5.6.html
Download "mysql-installer-community" but not web-community from the above link

Prerequisites for the installation

The .NET Framework error

The following software should to be downloaded. So, you do not have to go for a full Windows
Update of your OS/VM which does a lot of download
Download the below software (64bit) :
The Microsoft.NET 3.5 offline installer (although .NET 4 is required, it does need .NET 3.5
first)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=25150
The Microsoft.NET 4 Client full (offline Installer)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=17718
Microsoft VC++2013 Redistributable
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=40784
Do not forget to select "vcredist_x64.exe" , for it is a "x64" installation

The above ones were installed and that can be verified once a reboot of VM is done

The above installation were done in this manner :

The Microsoft.NET 3.5 offline installation

 The Microsoft.NET 4 offline installation

The next one is redistributable VC++2013 as mentioned on MySQL documentation, but we

will see that the MySQL installer will download VC++2010

 Start the MySQL Installer now and there should not be any errors
The following screenshots below are step by step process

 Click "Next" when the above Requirements screen pops up, followed by "execute"

With the "execute" the internet connection allows the installer to download the VS Tools

Accept the license

 Press "Execute", we would see only Workbench gets failed, but with Workbench ZIP we can
get that, which is shown in the next screens

 Press the "next"

 Press the "next"

Enter the root password and press on "check"

 Press the "next"

MySQL-Workbench Setup
Download MySQL-Workbench
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/
From the above link download the below (ZIP format but not installer)

 In my case it was 6.3.6, but both works fine

Create a directory to extract this ZIP to a specified directory to be on safe side

Once extracted, you can verify the files and move the extracted directory to place under
"C:\" if you like

 Create a desktop short cut by right clicking on it

Double click to open it and right click on the connection to verify that the settings are fine

Enter the password and save it in vault

MySQL-Workbench Performance Tab

This is a new section available from MySQL 5.6 onwards

 Once the installation is completed you can verify what were installed. You can see here that
VC++ 2010 was installed by the installer. We did not manually install that

That's all ! you get a working MySQL-Workbench too to play around !

Software Download Links

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/installer/5.6.html
Download "mysql-installer-community" but not web-community from the above link
Download the below (64bit) :
The Microsoft.NET 3.5 offline installer (although .NET 4 is required, it does need .NET 3.5
first)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=25150
The Microsoft.NET 4 Client full (offline Installer)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=17718
Microsoft VC++2013 Redistributable
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=40784
Do not forget to select to select "vcredist_x64.exe", for it is a "x64" installation
MySQL-Workbench ZIP Download
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/
From the above link download the below one (ZIP)