sql on linux
 

HI ,

I use RH 8. and I tried to only install the sql client I issued the following command and it says that he installed the server also:( which I dont want):

[root@snortjrdmz mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686]# ./configure --without-server --prefix=/usr/local/mysql
NOTE: This is a MySQL binary distribution. It's ready to run, you don't
need to configure it!

To help you a bit, I am now going to create the needed MySQL databases
and start the MySQL server for you. If you run into any trouble, please
consult the MySQL manual, that you can find in the Docs directory.

Preparing db table
Preparing host table
Preparing user table
Preparing func table
Preparing tables_priv table
Preparing columns_priv table
Installing all prepared tables
040810 20:25:57 ./bin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete


To start mysqld at boot time you have to copy support-files/mysql.server
to the right place for your system

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER !
This is done with:
./bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
./bin/mysqladmin -u root -h snortjrdmz password 'new-password'
See the manual for more instructions.

You can start the MySQL daemon with:
cd . ; ./bin/safe_mysqld &

You can test the MySQL daemon with the benchmarks in the 'sql-bench' directory:
cd sql-bench ; run-all-tests

Please report any problems with the ./bin/mysqlbug script!

The latest information about MySQL is available on the web at
http://www.mysql.com
Support MySQL by buying support/licenses at https://order.mysql.com

Starting the mysqld server. You can test that it is up and running
with the command:
./bin/mysqladmin version
[root@snortjrdmz mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686]# chown: `mysql': invalid user
Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /snortinstall/mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686/data
040810 20:25:57 mysqld ended

whats going on? and what he mean by "To start mysqld at boot time you have to copy support-files/mysql.server
to the right place for your system"
what to do to start mysql client outomatically ?

thanks !!

First off that looks to be a really old version of mysql you might want to grab a newer version from mysql.com, if you just want the mysql client you will probably need to download the source version of mysql from mysql.com

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.0.html

All the way at the bottom is the link to download the source version, of course you can have the regular version installed with all the server stuff but just not have the server running.