Qyv is a user on mastodon.xyz. You can follow them or interact with them if you have an account anywhere in the fediverse.
If you don't, you can sign up here.
Doing some more reading up on #mysql Turns out I might be better off using a version from a different repo, and also newer versions of it don't allow the Linux root user to login, you have to use the mysql user to set things up.
Knew there was a reason I have several VMs, I'll have a play with it in the MATE sandbox, if I can get it doing what I want there I might give it a reprieve for real. Then again, I might not. I don't have any requirements for a database right now.
It just annoys me!;*
Right, happy to report that install #mysql 8.0.11 was pretty painless on #UbuntuMATE #Bionic
Slightly less so on #Kubuntu #Bionic Had to purge the mysql-server and mysql-community-server packages and then install them again.
Or, put another way, I had to remove the older config files, and the database files before installing the new version of mysql.
And finally, I got a prompt to set up a root password (:*
And I've given myself full privileges, if I ever need a database.