Bug #95072 MySQL Installer 5.7.25 will only install MySQL 8

• Submitted: 20 Apr 2019 20:15
• Modified: 20 Apr 2019 22:16
• Reporter: David Webb
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: Installer 5.7.25
• OS: Windows (10)
• CPU Architecture: Any
• Tags: installer, wrong version

[20 Apr 2019 20:15] David Webb

Description:
I need to install MySQL 5 so I downloaded and ran mysql-installer-web-community-5.7.25.0.msi but when I selected Custom and expanded MySQL Server\MySQL Server, only "MySQL Server 8.0" appeared and expanding that showed "MySQL SErver 8.0.15 - X64".  The same thing happens when I run mysql-installer-community-5.7.25.0.msi.  I expected to see "MySQL Server 5.7.25"

I had version 8 installed but discovered that I need version 5 so I completely uninstalled version 8, including the installer and everything else, and then rebooted before I attempted to run the installers (web and file) for version 5.

How to repeat:
download mysql-installer-web-community-5.7.25.0.msi and attempt to install MySQL Server 5.7.25.

Suggested fix:
Allow previous versions of MySQL to be installed.

[20 Apr 2019 20:35] David Webb

I was able to make mysql-installer-community-5.7.25.0.msi work by going to the "Select Products and Features" page and adding a filter with Category = "MySQL Servers" and Maturity "Other Releases".

[20 Apr 2019 22:16] MySQL Verification Team

Thank you for the feedback.