Hello!
I never installed MySQL with "./configure, make, make install" but with this:
Code:
groupadd mysql
useradd -g mysql mysql
cd /usr/local
tar -zxvf /full/path/to/mysql-VERSION-OS.tar.gz
ln -s /full/path/to/mysql-VERSION-OS mysql
cd mysql
scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
chown -R root .
chown -R mysql data
chgrp -R mysql .
bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
It's the step-by-step installation info that comes with the package. I always used it and worked perfect.
Hope it helped!
Boby
PS: Welcome to LQ!