Installing MySQL on Slackware

properganda · 01-16-2008, 06:02 AM

I looked around on the MySQL site and could only find this file:

mysql-5.0.45-linux-x86_64-icc-glibc23.tar.gz

to download and attempt to install, it isn't the file quoted (barring version number) on the sites I've been using as a HowTo guide that talk about files like this:

mysql-4.0.16.tar.gz

where you then have to do a ./configure command followed by some arguments and then "make" and "make install".

Anyway I ran "tar -zxf mysql-5.0.45-linux-x86_64-icc-glibc23.tar.gz" and then changed into the resultant directory, and just to see what would happen I then ran ./configure, and got this message back:

Quote:

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.

which seemed encouraging, but it continued with this:

Quote:

./scripts/mysql_install_db: line 118: ./bin/my_print_defaults: cannot execute binary file
Neither host 'properganda' nor 'localhost' could be looked up with
./bin/resolveip
Please configure the 'hostname' command to return a correct
hostname.
If you want to solve this at a later stage, restart this script
with the --force option

I don't know where to go from here, my box does of course have a hostname along the lines of "properganda.box.net".

Can anyone say helpful things about this?

NiN3Toes · 01-16-2008, 06:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by properganda

I looked around on the MySQL site and could only find this file:

mysql-5.0.45-linux-x86_64-icc-glibc23.tar.gz

to download and attempt to install, it isn't the file quoted (barring version number) on the sites I've been using as a HowTo guide that talk about files like this:

mysql-4.0.16.tar.gz

where you then have to do a ./configure command followed by some arguments and then "make" and "make install".

Anyway I ran "tar -zxf mysql-5.0.45-linux-x86_64-icc-glibc23.tar.gz" and then changed into the resultant directory, and just to see what would happen I then ran ./configure, and got this message back:

which seemed encouraging, but it continued with this:

I don't know where to go from here, my box does of course have a hostname along the lines of "properganda.box.net".

Can anyone say helpful things about this?

There may be a readme or installation file in that package. Usually it will tell you step by step on how to install it (what commands to initiate, etc...).

properganda · 01-16-2008, 06:35 AM

The README directs to the Manual, but the Installation instructions in the Manual aren't much help, it blathers on about Windows for the most part, and then using X-server for Linux but I'm doing this "Commando style".

Anyway, all I really want from the forum on this to get going is what to do with a file that looks like this:

mysql-5.0.45-linux-x86_64-icc-glibc23.tar.gz

which I think is a binary sourceball or something...

properganda · 01-16-2008, 10:37 AM

Okay, don't worry about this, I located the source file mysql-5.0.51.tar.gz and am currently banging my head against that instead.

tuxrules · 01-16-2008, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by properganda

Okay, don't worry about this, I located the source file mysql-5.0.51.tar.gz and am currently banging my head against that instead.

Slackware already has binary of mysql-5.0.51 in the stable tree. If you still want to compile it yourself, why not start with the build script that Slackware provides. All the hard work is already done, you just have tweak it a bit to your taste.

cse_200509 · 01-16-2008, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tuxrules

Slackware already has binary of mysql-5.0.51 in the stable tree. If you still want to compile it yourself, why not start with the build script that Slackware provides. All the hard work is already done, you just have tweak it a bit to your taste.

ok!
will u plz tell me tuxrules!
how to start the server?