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The message after installing mysql-server on Debian:

 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Configuring mysql-server ├─────────────────────────────────────────────┐  
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 │ Install Hints                                                                                                       │  
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 │ MySQL will only install if you have a NON-NUMERIC hostname that is resolvable via the /etc/hosts file. E.g. if the  │  
 │ "hostname" command returns "myhostname" then there must be a line like "10.0.0.1 myhostname".                       │  
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 │ A new mysql user "debian-sys-maint" will be created. This mysql account is used in the start/stop and cron          │  
 │ scripts. Don't delete.                                                                                              │  
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 │ Please remember to set a PASSWORD for the MySQL root user! If you use a /root/.my.cnf, always write the "user" and  │  
 │ the "password" lines in there, never only the password! See /usr/share/doc/mysql-server/README.Debian for more      │  
 │ information.                                                                                                        │  
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