%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ MySQL MySQL is a widely used and fast SQL database server. It is a client/server implementation that consists of a server daemon and many different client programs and libraries. &lfs75_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &mysql-md5sum; Download size: &mysql-size; Estimated disk space required: &mysql-buildsize; Estimated build time: &mysql-time; Additional Downloads Optional patch (recommended if building for Amarok): Optional Documentation (see tip below): MySQL Dependencies Required Recommended and Optional libaio and libedit User Notes: For security reasons, running the server as an unprivileged user and group is strongly encouraged. Issue the following (as root) to create the user and group: groupadd -g 40 mysql && useradd -c "MySQL Server" -d /srv/mysql -g mysql -s /bin/false -u 40 mysql If the MySQL server is not needed, it is possible to build only the client libraries of MySQL. To do this you need to add -DWITHOUT_SERVER=ON to the cmake command below. MySQL contains an embedded server library. By default, it is built as a statically linked library, libmysqld.a, but by applying the optional patch, a shared version of this library can be built. The library is needed by certain applications, such as Amarok and it is recommend to use the shared libraries whenever it is possible. There are numerous options available to cmake. Check the output of the `cmake . -LH` for additional customization options. See the MySQL Documentation for a full listing of all options. If you want to build shared version of the embedded server library, apply the following patch: patch -Np1 -i ../mysql-&mysql-version;-embedded_library_shared-1.patch Install MySQL by running the following commands: sed -i "/ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(sql\/share)/d" CMakeLists.txt && sed -i "s/ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libmysql)/&\\nADD_SUBDIRECTORY(sql\/share)/" CMakeLists.txt && sed -i "s@data/test@\${INSTALL_MYSQLSHAREDIR}@g" sql/CMakeLists.txt && sed -i "s@data/mysql@\${INSTALL_MYSQLTESTDIR}@g" sql/CMakeLists.txt && sed -i "s/srv_buf_size/srv_sort_buf_size/" storage/innobase/row/row0log.cc && mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \ -DINSTALL_DOCDIR=share/doc/mysql \ -DINSTALL_DOCREADMEDIR=share/doc/mysql \ -DINSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include/mysql \ -DINSTALL_INFODIR=share/info \ -DINSTALL_MANDIR=share/man \ -DINSTALL_MYSQLDATADIR=/srv/mysql \ -DINSTALL_MYSQLSHAREDIR=share/mysql \ -DINSTALL_MYSQLTESTDIR=share/mysql/test \ -DINSTALL_PLUGINDIR=lib/mysql/plugin \ -DINSTALL_SBINDIR=sbin \ -DINSTALL_SCRIPTDIR=bin \ -DINSTALL_SQLBENCHDIR=share/mysql/bench \ -DINSTALL_SUPPORTFILESDIR=share/mysql \ -DMYSQL_DATADIR=/srv/mysql \ -DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock \ -DSYSCONFDIR=/etc/mysql \ -DWITH_PERFSCHEMA_STORAGE_ENGINE=OFF \ -DWITH_EXTRA_CHARSETS=complex \ -DWITH_LIBEVENT=system \ -DWITH_SSL=system \ .. && make To test the results, issue: make test. Now, as the root user: make install The only documentation shipped in the source tarball are mysql.info and man pages. You can download various formats of the MySQL Reference Manual from . sed -i ...: First two seds fix client-only builds. Following two seds set correct installation directories for some components. Last one fixes a bug in the code. -DWITHOUT_SERVER=ON: Use this switch if you don't want the server and would like to build the client only. -DWITH_EXTRA_CHARSETS=complex: This switch enables support for the complex character sets. -DWITH_LIBEVENT=system: This switch is used to tell the build system to use installed libevent. Remove it if you didn't install libevent. -DWITH_SSL=system: This switch is used to tell the build system to use installed OpenSSL. Remove it if you didn't install OpenSSL. /etc/mysql/my.cnf and ~/.my.cnf ~/.my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf If you are upgrading from previous major version of MySQL, be sure to consult the MySQL Reference Manual for notes on upgrading the software. Create basic /etc/mysql/my.cnf using the following command as the root user: install -v -dm 755 /etc/mysql && cat > /etc/mysql/my.cnf << "EOF" # Begin /etc/mysql/my.cnf # The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients [client] #password = your_password port = 3306 socket = /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock # The MySQL server [mysqld] port = 3306 socket = /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock datadir = /srv/mysql skip-external-locking key_buffer_size = 16M max_allowed_packet = 1M sort_buffer_size = 512K net_buffer_length = 16K myisam_sort_buffer_size = 8M # Don't listen on a TCP/IP port at all. skip-networking # required unique id between 1 and 2^32 - 1 server-id = 1 # Uncomment the following if you are using BDB tables #bdb_cache_size = 4M #bdb_max_lock = 10000 # Uncomment the following if you are using InnoDB tables #innodb_data_home_dir = /srv/mysql #innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend #innodb_log_group_home_dir = /srv/mysql # You can set .._buffer_pool_size up to 50 - 80 % # of RAM but beware of setting memory usage too high #innodb_buffer_pool_size = 16M #innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 2M # Set .._log_file_size to 25 % of buffer pool size #innodb_log_file_size = 5M #innodb_log_buffer_size = 8M #innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 1 #innodb_lock_wait_timeout = 50 [mysqldump] quick max_allowed_packet = 16M [mysql] no-auto-rehash # Remove the next comment character if you are not familiar with SQL #safe-updates [isamchk] key_buffer = 20M sort_buffer_size = 20M read_buffer = 2M write_buffer = 2M [myisamchk] key_buffer_size = 20M sort_buffer_size = 20M read_buffer = 2M write_buffer = 2M [mysqlhotcopy] interactive-timeout # End /etc/mysql/my.cnf EOF You can now install a database and change the ownership to the unprivileged user and group (perform as the root user): mysql_install_db --basedir=/usr --datadir=/srv/mysql --user=mysql && chown -R mysql:mysql /srv/mysql Further configuration requires that the MySQL server is running. Start the server using the following commands as the root user: install -v -m755 -o mysql -g mysql -d /run/mysqld && mysqld_safe --user=mysql 2>&1 >/dev/null & A default installation does not set up a password for the administrator, so use the following command as the root user to set one. Replace <new-password> with your own. mysqladmin -u root password <new-password> Configuration of the server is now finished. Shut the server down using the following command as the root user: mysqladmin -p shutdown Install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql init script included in the package as the root user to start the MySQL server during system boot-up. mysql make install-mysql Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories innochecksum, msql2mysql, myisamchk, myisam_ftdump, myisamlog, myisampack, my_print_defaults, mysql, mysqlaccess, mysqlaccess.conf, mysqladmin, mysqlbinlog, mysqlbug, mysqlcheck, mysql_client_test, mysql_client_test_embedded, mysql_config, mysql_config_editor, mysql_convert_table_format, mysqld, mysqld_multi, mysqld_safe, mysqldump, mysqldumpslow, mysql_embedded, mysql_find_rows, mysql_fix_extensions, mysqlhotcopy, mysqlimport, mysql_install_db, mysql_plugin, mysql_secure_installation, mysql_setpermission, mysqlshow, mysqlslap, mysqltest, mysqltest_embedded, mysql_tzinfo_to_sql, mysql_upgrade, mysql_waitpid, mysql_zap, perror, replace, resolveip and resolve_stack_dump libmysqlclient.{so,a}, libmysqlclient_r.{so,a}, libmysqld.{so,a}, libmysqlservices.a and several under /usr/lib/mysql/plugin/ /etc/mysql, /srv/mysql, /usr/include/mysql, /usr/lib/mysql, /usr/share/doc/mysql and /usr/share/mysql Short Descriptions Descriptions of all the programs and libraries would be several pages long. Instead, consult the mysql.info documentation or the on-line reference manual at . The Perl DBI modules must be installed for some of the MySQL support programs to function properly.