running mysql_install_db
 

i installed mysql on Fedora 9 using yum.

when i tried to follow these post-install instructions:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/...nstall-db.html

i was stuck because i cannot find what to use as --basedir.

e.g.

[/var/lib/mysql @ 17:51:44]>mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr/bin --datadir=/opt/mysql/mysql/data
FATAL ERROR: Could not find my_print_defaults inside --basedir

When using --basedir you must point either into a MySQL binary
distribution directory or a compiled tree previously populated
by 'make install'

so, when i look for 'my_print_defaults'

[/var/lib/mysql @ 17:31:32]>find / -name 'my_print_defaults' -print
/usr/bin/my_print_defaults

i still get the same error saying that it can't find my_print_defaults in basedir but it is there. is this a bad error msg or something ?

basedir means, where you have installed(directory) mysql

i installed it using yum, i.e. let it choose the dir.

i tried every dir where i could find reference to mysql but they all fail:

find / -name 'mysql' -print

/usr/share/mysql
/usr/bin/mysql
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/DBD/mysql
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBD/mysql
/usr/lib/mysql
/var/lib/mysql