Installation Process...

[Windows]

1.Go to the website http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql
    Download the MySQL community server according to your operating system
2.Extract the .tar or .zip file to a directory of your preference in your system
3.Locate folder 'bin' inside the newly created folder where you extracted MySQL
    It contains scripts in order to run MySQL server and MySQL client.

Follow the instructions in the page -> 
    http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/windows-start-service.html

4.Open your favorite terminal and cd to the directory where MySQL is extracted.
    Then hit the following command:
    >> ./bin/mysqld.exe --install [Make sure you run the terminal as an administrator]
5.Hit Start button and search for the program "services.msc". This program lists
  all the services that are registered to your system and shows their status.
6.Find service MySQL and start it.

[Linux]

1.Install MySQL directly from your package manager [differs in each distribution of Linux]
2.Open a terminal:
    2a.If you have "systemd" installed in your system issue the following command:
        >> sudo systemctl start mysqld     
    2b.Else if your distribution is old enough and is based on initscripts hit:
        >> sudo /etc/init.d/mysqld -start

    [Both commands activate MySQL deamon to run as a service]

[OSx]

1.Go to the website http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql
    Download the MySQL community server according to your operating system
2.Open a terminate and go to directory "/usr/local/mysql/bin"

Configuring Eclipse...

1.Download MySQL connector from the following link:
    http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/
    1a) If the file is compressed extract it.
    1b) Inside the newly created folder search for a .jar file. This file provides all
        the java libraries in order to be able to connect to MySQL database programmatically.
        Remember to include this .jar as an External Jar to your build path of your project.
[Only this .jar file is needed]

[Test that your installation works]
After performing all these steps and verifying that MySQL daemon/service is up and running
open a terminal and hit the following command:
[Windows]
    1.Direct to the folder where you extracted MySQL
    2.Issue the command:
        >> bin/mysql.exe -p -u root [When it asks for password just press Enter]
[Linux/OSx]
    Open the terminal and issue the following command:
        >>mysql -p -u root