This is the error log I get when I try to install MySQL Server 5.7 via MySQL Installer- Community.
The installer fails when Applying Configurations, it fails specifically on the Initializing of the Database.
Beginning configuration step: Initializing Database Attempting to run MySQL Server with --initialize-insecure option... Starting process for MySQL Server 5.7.21... Starting process with command: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysqld.exe --defaults-file="C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\my.ini" --console --initialize-insecure=on... mysqld: Character set '0.0' is not a compiled character set and is not specified in the 'C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\share\charsets\Index.xml' file 2018-03-26T07:25:55.410217Z 0 [Warning] option 'read_buffer_size': unsigned value 0 adjusted to 8192 2018-03-26T07:25:55.410294Z 0 [Warning] option 'read_rnd_buffer_size': unsigned value 0 adjusted to 1 2018-03-26T07:25:55.410357Z 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is deprecated. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentation for more details). 2018-03-26T07:25:55.410372Z 0 [Warning] 'NO_ZERO_DATE', 'NO_ZERO_IN_DATE' and 'ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO' sql modes should be used with strict mode. They will be merged with strict mode in a future release. 2018-03-26T07:25:55.412580Z 0 [ERROR] Aborting Process for mysqld, with ID 4880, was run successfully and exited with code 1. Failed to start process for MySQL Server 5.7.21. Database initialization failed. Ended configuration step: Initializing Database
