# Install Percona Server for MySQL from a source tarball

Fetch and extract the source tarball. For example:

```{.bash data-prompt="$"}
$ wget https://downloads.percona.com/downloads/Percona-Server-8.0/Percona-Server-8.0.26-16/binary/tarball/Percona-Server-8.0.26-16-Linux.x86_64.glibc2.12.tar.gz
$ tar xfz Percona-Server-8.0.26-16-Linux.x86_64.glibc2.12.tar.gz
```

To complete the installation, follow the instructions in [Compile Percona Server for MySQL from Source](compile-percona-server.md).