(mysql.info.gz) Quick install

 
 2.8.1 Source Installation Overview
 ----------------------------------
 
 The basic commands you must execute to install a MySQL source
 distribution are:
 
      shell> groupadd mysql
      shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
      shell> gunzip < mysql-VERSION.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
      shell> cd mysql-VERSION
      shell> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql
      shell> make
      shell> make install
      shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf
      shell> cd /usr/local/mysql
      shell> bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
      shell> chown -R root  .
      shell> chown -R mysql var
      shell> chgrp -R mysql .
      shell> bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
 
 For versions of MySQL older than 4.0, substitute `bin/safe_mysqld' for
 `bin/mysqld_safe' in the final command.
 
 If you start from a source RPM, do the following:
 
      shell> rpmbuild --rebuild --clean MySQL-VERSION.src.rpm
 
 This will make a binary RPM that you can install. For older versions of
 RPM, you may have to replace the command `rpmbuild' with `rpm' instead.
 
DONTPRINTYET  * This procedure does not set up any passwords for MySQL
 accounts.  After following the procedure, proceed to *Note
DONTPRINTYET  * This procedure does not set up any passwords for MySQL
 accounts.  After following the procedure, proceed to 

 Post-installation, for post-installation setup and testing.
 
 A more detailed version of the preceding description for installing
 MySQL from a source distribution follows:
 
   1. Add a login user and group for `mysqld' to run as:
 
           shell> groupadd mysql
           shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
 
      These commands add the `mysql' group and the `mysql' user.  The
      syntax for `useradd' and `groupadd' may differ slightly on
      different versions of Unix.  They may also be called `adduser' and
      `addgroup'.
 
      You might want to call the user and group something else instead
      of `mysql'.  If so, substitute the appropriate name in the
      following steps.
 
   2. Pick the directory under which you want to unpack the
      distribution, and change location into it.
 
   3. Obtain a distribution file from one of the sites listed in 
      Getting MySQL Getting MySQL.
 
   4. Unpack the distribution into the current directory:
           shell> gunzip < /PATH/TO/MYSQL-VERSION.tar.gz | tar xvf -
 
      This command creates a directory named `mysql-VERSION'.
 
      With GNU `tar', no separate invocation of `gunzip' is necessary.
      You can use the following alternative command to uncompress and
      extract the distribution:
 
           shell> tar zxvf /PATH/TO/MYSQL-VERSION-OS.tar.gz
 
   5. Change location into the top-level directory of the unpacked
      distribution:
 
           shell> cd mysql-VERSION
 
      Note that currently you must configure and build MySQL from this
      top-level directory.  You cannot build it in a different directory.
 
   6. Configure the release and compile everything:
 
           shell> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql
           shell> make
 
      When you run `configure', you might want to specify some options.
      Run `./configure --help' for a list of options.   `configure'
      options configure options, discusses some of the more useful
      options.
 
      If `configure' fails and you are going to send mail to a MySQL
      mailing list to ask for assistance, please include any lines from
      `config.log' that you think can help solve the problem.  Also
      include the last couple of lines of output from `configure'.  Post
      the bug report using the `mysqlbug' script.   Bug reports.
 
      If the compile fails, see  Compilation problems for help.
 
   7. Install the distribution:
 
           shell> make install
 
      If you want to set up an option file, use one of those present in
      the `support-files' directory as a template. For example:
 
           shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf
 
      You might need to run these commands as `root'.
 
      If you want to configure support for `InnoDB' tables, you should
      edit the `/etc/my.cnf' file, remove the `#' character before the
      option lines that start with `innodb_...', and modify the option
      values to be what you want.  See  Option files and 
      `InnoDB' configuration InnoDB configuration.
 
   8. Change location into the installation directory:
 
           shell> cd /usr/local/mysql
 
   9. If you haven't installed MySQL before, you must create the MySQL
      grant tables:
 
           shell> bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
 
      If you run the command as `root', you should use the `--user'
      option as shown.  The value of the option should be the name of
      the login account that you created in the first step to use for
      running the server.  If you run the command while logged in as
      that user, you can omit the `--user' option.
 
      Note that for MySQL versions older than 3.22.10,
      `mysql_install_db' left the server running after creating the grant
      tables.  This is no longer true; you will need to restart the
      server after performing the remaining steps in this procedure.
 
  10. Change the ownership of program binaries to `root' and ownership
      of the data directory to the user that you will run `mysqld' as.
      Assuming that you are located in the installation directory
      (`/usr/local/mysql'), the commands look like this:
 
           shell> chown -R root  .
           shell> chown -R mysql var
           shell> chgrp -R mysql .
 
      The first command changes the owner attribute of the files to the
      `root' user. The second changes the owner attribute of the data
      directory to the `mysql' user. The third changes the group
      attribute to the `mysql' group.
 
  11. If you would like MySQL to start automatically when you boot your
      machine, you can copy `support-files/mysql.server' to the location
      where your system has its startup files.  More information can be
      found in the `support-files/mysql.server' script itself and in
       Automatic start.
 
  12. You can set up new accounts using the `bin/mysql_setpermission'
      script if you install the `DBI' and `DBD::mysql' Perl modules.
      For instructions, see  Perl support.
 
 
 After everything has been installed, you should initialize and test your
 distribution using this command:
 
      shell> /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
 
 For versions of MySQL older than 4.0, substitute `safe_mysqld' for
 `mysqld_safe' in the command.
 
 If that command fails immediately and prints `mysqld ended', you can
 find some information in the `HOST_NAME.err' file in the data directory.
 
 More information about `mysqld_safe' is given in  `mysqld_safe'
 mysqld_safe.
 
 * The accounts that are listed in the MySQL grant tables
 initially have no passwords.  After starting the server, you should set
 up passwords for them using the instructions in 
 Post-installation.
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