Ok, first off all I'm a real n00b when it comes to Linux....

When I'm trying to install mysql (mysql-standard-4.0.14-pc-linux-i686) on my pc I'm getting an error:

First I explain what I did:
1. downloaded the files
2. 'unpacked' them with tar
tar -xzf mysql-standard-4.0.14-pc-linux-i686.tar.gz
3. run the configure
./configure

After this I get an error! First off all I get a lot of Information after that this:
Starting the mysqld server. You can test that it is up and running
with the command:
./bin/mysqladmin version
root@linux:~/lamp/mysql-standard-4.0.14-pc-linux-i686/data
030827 22:30:05 mysqld ended

Then it stops..... What to do?!

Grtz,

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P.S. did it install something right now or did it just unpack it?

You've still got to do

make

make install





I'd check out the installation instructions first though before I went any further either on the mysql site or if there's any readme, INSTALL files in the directory you unpacked it to

./configure set's up the environment and does some checks and you can normally pass option to it like ./configure --with-innodb and stuff like that. If it gave you an error though just doing ./configure you'll have to address the error it's telling you about.

Sorry for the late reply, but I went searching for another tutorial. Now I'm using this tutorial

And here it goes wrong....
./configure --enable-thread-safe-client --prefix=/usr/local/mysql

Can someone help me?!

Grtz,

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Never the one to bother too much (while since I've done it) with all the configure options I do:



groupadd mysql
useradd -g mysql

(to add the user mysql if you don't have a user mysql on your system, although it won't do any harm if you do)

if been compiling before
make distclean
or
make clean

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --enable-assembler --with-innodb

make

make install

cd /usr/local/mysql

./mysql_install_db
(initialises stuff)

chown -R root /usr/local/mysql
chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/var
chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql

In the directory the source code is in:

cd support-files

cp my-small-cnf.sh /etc/my.cnf
(my.cnf is the configuration file, can use my-medium-cnf.sh or my-large.cnf.sh depending on your needs)

edit
/etc/my.cnf
to suit your needs

now your ready to startup mysql

that's about as detailed as I can get and procedure I follow

Sorry... downloaded the binary... Problem should be solved by now....

Sorry... This shows how a I am....

Grtz,

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