Issue
I have downloaded mysql ZIP from here https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/file/?id=467269
Then extracted it, renamed my-default.ini to my.ini, set
basedir = D:\Apps\MySQL\mysql-5.7.17-winx64
datadir = D:\Apps\MySQL\data5717
then started
mysqld --console
under admin privileges. All was described here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/windows-install-archive.html
Unfortunately it prints the following in console:
[ERROR] Can’t open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to
create it.
and doesn’t work.
Solution
You probably misunderstood/skipped point 4 in your list, Initialize MySQL. It means to either copy an existing data directory there or to create a new one, see Initializing the Data Directory Manually Using mysqld .
To initialize a fresh data directory, you basically (after setting your config file) just have to run either
bin\mysqld --initialize
or
bin\mysqld --initialize-insecure
The latter will set an empty root password.
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Answer Checked By – David Goodson (BugsFixing Volunteer)