MySQL Server is a powerful database server and has been used by million people around the world. There are many tutorial that showing how to install MySQL Server on various system. I found this tutorial that can be applied to Ubuntu 11.10 system. If you have Ubuntu 11.10 installed, this tutorial will work for you perfectly.
To start installing MySQL Server, follow these steps below:
Step 1. Open Terminal and type the command below.
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Step 2. When asked, type the password for root users.
Step 3. Finish the installation. Basically, you have successfully installed the MySQL Server on your Ubuntu 11.10. You can now start using it.