MySQL installation problems.

Markness · 04-24-2006, 04:36 AM

I just picked up a handy book about beginning PHP, MySQL, and Apache and I'm having a bit of trouble.

The directions state:

Extract the tarball and change to the directory it creates.

Quote:

tar -xzf mysql-VERSION.tar.gz
cd mysql-version
VERSION is the (sub)version of the mysql source tarball you downloaded '0.15a'

I got the following:

Quote:

[mbenoit@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]$ ls
Desktop gtk-gnutella intro plugin_stack.trace
E-Books Images mysql-5.0.20a.tar.gz Programs
[mbenoit@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]$ groupadd mysql
bash: groupadd: command not found
[mbenoit@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]# groupadd mysql
[root@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]# useradd -g mysql mysql
[root@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]# tar -xzf mysql-5.0.20a.tar.gz
tar: mysql-5.0.20a.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Any clue? I'm super new to MySQL.

billymayday · 04-24-2006, 04:40 AM

What user are you doing this as?

Markness · 04-24-2006, 04:46 AM

I logged onto my master username and then logged into root.

zulfilee · 04-24-2006, 05:59 AM

When u login as su -
You go to /root dir

So cd to the dir where u hav the tarball available

cd ~mbenoit/
And then go for an untar.

Also try to change the signature of yours if you can.

Cheers
Z

Markness · 04-24-2006, 03:13 PM

Problem solved. I love LQ! And wha tif I just edited a few words around in my siggie? :P Would you like it then?