# Creating a Specify Shell Database (Installing a Database)

**URL:** <https://speciforum.org/t/creating-a-specify-shell-database-installing-a-database/673>\
**Category:** Specify 6 Documentation\
**Tags:** Specify-6, Videos\
**Created:** [September 7, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/creating-a-specify-shell-database-installing-a-database/673 "2017-09-07T05:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/grant/32/4255_2.png) [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/creating-a-specify-shell-database-installing-a-database/673/1 "2017-09-07T05:00:00Z")

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[https://vimeo.com/293626679](https://vimeo.com/293626679)

How to install a Specify database on a machine with MySQL installed on it.