[08254fc] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[08254fc] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[867e611] | 7 | <!ENTITY mysql-download-http "http://mysql.he.net/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/mysql-&mysql-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY mysql-download-ftp "ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/mysql-&mysql-version;.tar.gz">
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[22c7fe6] | 9 | <!ENTITY mysql-md5sum "0b99001b07cad53f161ec629a6bb24ea">
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[9e69cae] | 10 | <!ENTITY mysql-size "22 MB">
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[20f5e71a] | 11 | <!ENTITY mysql-buildsize "207 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY mysql-time "3.83 SBU">
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[08254fc] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[c30b739] | 15 | <sect1 id="mysql" xreflabel="MySQL-&mysql-version;">
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[22c7fe6] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="mysql.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>MySQL-&mysql-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="mysql">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-MySQL">MySQL</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to MySQL</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para><application>MySQL</application> is a widely used and fast SQL
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| 33 | database server. It is a client/server implementation that consists of a
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| 34 | server daemon and many different client programs and libraries.</para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 38 | <listitem>
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| 39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mysql-download-http;"/></para>
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| 40 | </listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mysql-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mysql-md5sum;</para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download size: &mysql-size;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &mysql-buildsize;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated build time: &mysql-time;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | </itemizedlist>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">TEMPLATE Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 61 | <para><xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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| 62 | <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/>,
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| 63 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libedit/">libedit</ulink>
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| 64 | (as an alternative to readline),
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| 65 | <xref linkend="ORBit"/> (detected only if <xref linkend="which"/> is
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| 66 | installed),
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| 67 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
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| 68 | <xref linkend="tex"/></para>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | </sect2>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 73 | <title>Installation of MySQL</title>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <para>For security reasons, running the server as an unprivileged user
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| 76 | and group is strongly encouraged:</para>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd mysql &&
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| 79 | useradd -c "MySQL Server" -d /dev/null -g mysql -s /bin/false mysql</userinput></screen>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <para>Build and install <application>MySQL</application> by
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| 82 | running the following commands:</para>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <screen><userinput>CPPFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE" ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[4b93ac2] | 85 | --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --localstatedir=/srv/mysql \
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| 86 | --enable-thread-safe-client --enable-assembler \
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[867e611] | 87 | --enable-local-infile --with-named-thread-libs=-lpthread \
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[d0abeb0] | 88 | --with-unix-socket-path=/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock \
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[ac109439] | 89 | --without-debug --without-bench --without-readline &&
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[22c7fe6] | 90 | make testdir=/usr/lib/mysql/mysql-test</userinput></screen>
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[20f5e71a] | 91 |
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[22c7fe6] | 92 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make test</command>.</para>
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[9e69cae] | 93 |
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[22c7fe6] | 94 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[20f5e71a] | 95 |
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[22c7fe6] | 96 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make testdir=/usr/lib/mysql/mysql-test install &&
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[20f5e71a] | 97 | install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/mysql/Docs/Images &&
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| 98 | install -v -m644 Docs/manual{,_toc}.html \
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| 99 | Docs/manual.txt /usr/share/mysql/Docs &&
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| 100 | install -v -m644 Docs/Images/*.{jpg,gif} /usr/share/mysql/Docs/Images &&
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[4b93ac2] | 101 | cd /usr/lib &&
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[22c7fe6] | 102 | ln -v -sf mysql/libmysqlclient{,_r}.so* .</userinput></screen>
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[4b93ac2] | 103 |
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[22c7fe6] | 104 | </sect2>
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[4b93ac2] | 105 |
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[22c7fe6] | 106 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 107 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[08254fc] | 108 |
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[22c7fe6] | 109 | <para><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/sbin</parameter>: This switch installs
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| 110 | the <command>mysqld</command> daemon in an appropriate location.</para>
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[08254fc] | 111 |
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[22c7fe6] | 112 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/srv/mysql</parameter>: This switch
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| 113 | forces <application>MySQL</application> to use
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| 114 | <filename class='directory'>/srv/mysql</filename> for database files and
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| 115 | other variable data.</para>
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[4b93ac2] | 116 |
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[22c7fe6] | 117 | <para><parameter>--enable-thread-safe-client</parameter>: This
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| 118 | switch compiles a thread-safe <application>MySQL</application> client
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| 119 | library.</para>
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[4b93ac2] | 120 |
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[22c7fe6] | 121 | <para><parameter>--enable-assembler</parameter>: This switch allows using
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| 122 | assembler versions of some string functions.</para>
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[4b93ac2] | 123 |
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[22c7fe6] | 124 | <para><parameter>--enable-local-infile</parameter>: This switch enables
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| 125 | the <quote>LOAD DATA INFILE</quote> SQL statement.</para>
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[4b93ac2] | 126 |
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[22c7fe6] | 127 | <para><parameter>CPPFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE"
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| 128 | --with-named-thread-libs=-lpthread</parameter>: This environment variable
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| 129 | and configure switch enable building on NPTL systems.</para>
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[c2c2d76] | 130 |
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[22c7fe6] | 131 | <para><parameter>--with-unix-socket-path=/var/run/mysql</parameter>:
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| 132 | This switch puts the unix-domain socket into <filename
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| 133 | class="directory">/var/run/mysql</filename> directory instead of default
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| 134 | <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename>.</para>
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[867e611] | 135 |
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[22c7fe6] | 136 | <para><parameter>--without-bench</parameter>: This switch skips building
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| 137 | the benchmark suite.</para>
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[867e611] | 138 |
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[22c7fe6] | 139 | <para><parameter>--without-readline</parameter>: This switch forces the
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| 140 | build to use the system copy of <application>readline</application> instead
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| 141 | of the bundled copy.</para>
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[867e611] | 142 |
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[22c7fe6] | 143 | <para><command>make testdir=...</command>: This installs the test suite in
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| 144 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/mysql/mysql-test</filename>.
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| 145 | BLFS is currently seeking a method to omit the installation
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| 146 | of the test suite altogether.</para>
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[4b93ac2] | 147 |
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[22c7fe6] | 148 | <para><command>ln -sf mysql/libmysqlclient{,_r}.so* .</command>: This
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| 149 | command makes the <application>MySQL</application> shared libraries
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| 150 | available to other packages at run-time.</para>
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[08254fc] | 151 |
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[22c7fe6] | 152 | <para><option>--with-libwrap</option>: This switch adds tcpwrappers
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| 153 | support to <application>MySQL</application>.</para>
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[867e611] | 154 |
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[22c7fe6] | 155 | <para><option>--with-openssl</option>: This switch adds OpenSSL support
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| 156 | to <application>MySQL</application>.</para>
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[867e611] | 157 |
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[22c7fe6] | 158 | </sect2>
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[08254fc] | 159 |
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[22c7fe6] | 160 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 161 | <title>Configuring MySQL</title>
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[08254fc] | 162 |
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[22c7fe6] | 163 | <sect3 id="mysql-config">
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| 164 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[08254fc] | 165 |
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[22c7fe6] | 166 | <para><filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> and
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| 167 | <filename>~/.my.cnf</filename></para>
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[08254fc] | 168 |
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[22c7fe6] | 169 | <indexterm zone="mysql mysql-config">
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| 170 | <primary sortas="e-AA.my.cnf">~/.my.cnf</primary>
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| 171 | </indexterm>
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[08254fc] | 172 |
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[22c7fe6] | 173 | <indexterm zone="mysql mysql-config">
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| 174 | <primary sortas="e-etc-my.cnf">/etc/my.cnf</primary>
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| 175 | </indexterm>
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[08254fc] | 176 |
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[22c7fe6] | 177 | </sect3>
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[08254fc] | 178 |
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[22c7fe6] | 179 | <sect3>
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| 180 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[08254fc] | 181 |
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[22c7fe6] | 182 | <para>There are several default configuration files available in
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| 183 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/mysql</filename> which you can
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| 184 | use. Create <filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> using the following command
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| 185 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[08254fc] | 186 |
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[22c7fe6] | 187 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 /usr/share/mysql/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf</userinput></screen>
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[08254fc] | 188 |
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[22c7fe6] | 189 | <para>You can now install a database and change the ownership to the
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| 190 | unprivileged user and group (perform as the <systemitem
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| 191 | class="username">root</systemitem> user):</para>
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[08254fc] | 192 |
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[22c7fe6] | 193 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mysql_install_db --user=mysql &&
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| 194 | chgrp -v mysql /srv/mysql{,/test,/mysql}</userinput></screen>
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[08254fc] | 195 |
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[22c7fe6] | 196 | <para>Further configuration requires that the
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| 197 | <application>MySQL</application> server be running. Start
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| 198 | the server using the following commands as the <systemitem
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| 199 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[08254fc] | 200 |
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[22c7fe6] | 201 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m750 -o mysql -g mysql -d /var/run/mysql &&
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| 202 | mysqld_safe --user=mysql 2>&1 >/dev/null &</userinput></screen>
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[08254fc] | 203 |
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[22c7fe6] | 204 | <para>A default installation does not setup a password for the
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| 205 | administrator, so use the following command as the <systemitem
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| 206 | class="username">root</systemitem> user to set one. Replace
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| 207 | <replaceable>[new-password]</replaceable> with your own.</para>
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[08254fc] | 208 |
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[22c7fe6] | 209 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mysqladmin -u root password <replaceable>[new-password]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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[08254fc] | 210 |
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[22c7fe6] | 211 | <para>Configuration of the server is now finished. Shut the server
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| 212 | down using the following command as the <systemitem
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| 213 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[4b93ac2] | 214 |
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[22c7fe6] | 215 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mysqladmin -p shutdown</userinput></screen>
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[08254fc] | 216 |
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[22c7fe6] | 217 | </sect3>
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[08254fc] | 218 |
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[22c7fe6] | 219 | <sect3 id="mysql-init">
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| 220 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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[08254fc] | 221 |
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[22c7fe6] | 222 | <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql</filename> init script
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| 223 | included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package as
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| 224 | the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to start the
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| 225 | <application>MySQL</application> server during system boot-up.</para>
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[08254fc] | 226 |
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[22c7fe6] | 227 | <indexterm zone="mysql mysql-init">
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| 228 | <primary sortas="f-mysql">mysql</primary>
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| 229 | </indexterm>
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[20f5e71a] | 230 |
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[22c7fe6] | 231 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-mysql</userinput></screen>
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[20f5e71a] | 232 |
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[22c7fe6] | 233 | </sect3>
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[08254fc] | 234 |
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[22c7fe6] | 235 | </sect2>
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[08254fc] | 236 |
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[22c7fe6] | 237 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 238 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <segmentedlist>
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| 241 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 242 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 243 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <seglistitem>
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| 246 | <seg>comp_err, isamchk, isamlog, make_win_binary_distribution,
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| 247 | make_win_src_distribution, msql2mysql, my_print_defaults, myisam_ftdump,
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| 248 | myisamchk, myisamlog, myisampack, mysql, mysql_client_test, mysql_config,
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| 249 | mysql_convert_table_format, mysql_create_system_tables, mysql_explain_log,
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| 250 | mysql_find_rows, mysql_fix_extensions, mysql_fix_privilege_tables,
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| 251 | mysql_install_db, mysql_secure_installation, mysql_setpermission,
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| 252 | mysql_tableinfo, mysql_tzinfo_to_sql, mysql_waitpid, mysql_zap, mysqlaccess,
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| 253 | mysqladmin, mysqlbinlog, mysqlbug, mysqlcheck, mysqld, mysqld_multi,
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| 254 | mysqld_safe, mysqldump, mysqldumpslow, mysqlhotcopy, mysqlimport,
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| 255 | mysqlmanager, mysqlmanager-pwgen, mysqlmanagerc, mysqlshow, mysqltest,
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| 256 | pack_isam, perror, replace, resolve_stack_dump, and resolveip</seg>
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| 257 | <seg>libdbug.a, libheap.a, libmerge.a, libmyisam.a, libmyisammrg.a,
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| 258 | libmysqlclient.[so,a], libmysqlclient_r.[so,a], libmystrings.a, libmysys.a,
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| 259 | libnisam.a, and libvio.a</seg>
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| 260 | <seg>/srv/mysql, /usr/include/mysql, /usr/lib/mysql, /usr/share/mysql, and
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| 261 | /var/run/mysql</seg>
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| 262 | </seglistitem>
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| 263 | </segmentedlist>
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| 264 |
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| 265 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <para>Descriptions of all the programs and libraries would be several
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| 268 | pages long. Instead, consult the <application>MySQL</application>
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| 269 | documentation for full details.</para>
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| 270 |
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| 271 | <para>Certain <application>MySQL</application> support programs may
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| 272 | require the <application>Perl</application> DBI modules to be
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| 273 | installed to function properly.</para>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 276 |
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| 277 | </sect1>
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