MySQL Bugs: #96421: Download MySql but cannot run it due to USER & PASSWORD are unknown

Bug #96421	Download MySql but cannot run it due to USER & PASSWORD are unknown
Submitted:	4 Aug 2019 14:33	Modified:	5 Aug 2019 7:25
Reporter:	david grant	Email Updates:
Status:	Not a Bug	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Installing	Severity:	S1 (Critical)
Version:	14.14	OS:	Linux (mint sylvia cinnamon)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	x86 (64 bit)
Tags:	deletes folders, install does not work, password unknown, user name unknown

Description:
downloaded recent version of MySql cannot run it without USER NAME and PASSWORD I thought that default was root root?? how to upload a file??
(1) I have a 64 bit linux mint  sylvia cinnamon OS.
(2) I can NOT use the MySql program work because can not get the PASSWORD nor the USER name (I thought that thedefualt was root and root ??)
(I tried using GRUB addin "rw init=/bin/bash which did not work!!) I velieve any and all ideas in your documentation FAILED TO WORK???
(3) this is what I use to download the system:
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

echo "PAUSE at END---- read dummy to pause while reading terminal output"
read dummy
(4) this is the system that I get:
 mysql -?
mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.27, for Linux (x86_64) using  EditLine wrapper
Copyright (c) 2000, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

How to repeat:
I have repeatedly deleted and reloaded the files...

Suggested fix:
NONE??

log dumps and details of vaious attempts to run and log of build and deltion of program

Attachment: BUG_REPORT (application/octet-stream, text), 1.05 MiB.

Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/ and the instructions on
how to report a bug at http://bugs.mysql.com/how-to-report.php

Please reference on how to change password etc - https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/default-privileges.html
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/data-directory-initialization.html