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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!-- <!ENTITY mysql-download-http "http://mysql.mirrors.hoobly.com/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/mysql-&mysql-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY mysql-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/databases/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/mysql-&mysql-version;.tar.gz"> -->
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9 | <!ENTITY mysql-download-http "&sources-anduin-http;/m/mysql-&mysql-version;.tar.gz">
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10 | <!ENTITY mysql-download-ftp "&sources-anduin-ftp;/m/mysql-&mysql-version;.tar.gz">
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11 | <!ENTITY mysql-md5sum "b658e58887a74dce65224ae0fc8ee06a">
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12 | <!ENTITY mysql-size "28 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY mysql-buildsize "386 MB (additional 250 MB to run the test suite)">
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14 | <!ENTITY mysql-time "5.1 SBU (Test suite is an additional 100 minutes, only partially CPU dependent)">
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15 | ]>
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16 |
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17 | <sect1 id="mysql" xreflabel="MySQL-&mysql-version;">
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18 | <?dbhtml filename="mysql.html"?>
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19 |
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20 | <sect1info>
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21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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23 | </sect1info>
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24 |
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25 | <title>MySQL-&mysql-version;</title>
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26 |
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27 | <indexterm zone="mysql">
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28 | <primary sortas="a-MySQL">MySQL</primary>
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29 | </indexterm>
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30 |
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31 | <sect2 role="package">
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32 | <title>Introduction to MySQL</title>
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33 |
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34 | <para><application>MySQL</application> is a widely used and fast SQL
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35 | database server. It is a client/server implementation that consists of a
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36 | server daemon and many different client programs and libraries.</para>
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37 |
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38 | <para>There may be a more recent release available from the
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39 | <application>MySQL</application> home page. You can check
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40 | <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/"/> and probably use the
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41 | existing BLFS instructions. Note that versions other than the one shown
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42 | in the download URLs have not been tested in a BLFS environment.</para>
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43 |
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44 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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45 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mysql-download-http;"/></para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mysql-download-ftp;"/></para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mysql-md5sum;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Download size: &mysql-size;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &mysql-buildsize;</para>
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60 | </listitem>
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>Estimated build time: &mysql-time;</para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | </itemizedlist>
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65 |
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66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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67 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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68 | <listitem>
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69 | <para>Required Patch: <ulink
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70 | url="&patch-root;/mysql-&mysql-version;-limit_test-1.patch"/></para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | </itemizedlist>
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73 |
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74 |
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75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">MySQL Dependencies</bridgehead>
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76 |
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77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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78 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/> and
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79 | <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/>
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80 |
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81 | <!-- Removing libedit because it causes more problems than it solves.
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82 |
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83 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libedit/">libedit</ulink>
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84 | (as an alternative to readline)-->
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85 |
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86 | </para>
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87 |
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88 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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89 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mysql"/></para>
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90 |
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91 | </sect2>
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92 |
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93 | <sect2 role="installation">
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94 | <title>Installation of MySQL</title>
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95 |
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96 | <para>For security reasons, running the server as an unprivileged user
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97 | and group is strongly encouraged:</para>
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98 |
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99 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 40 mysql &&
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100 | useradd -c "MySQL Server" -d /dev/null -g mysql -s /bin/false \
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101 | -u 40 mysql</userinput></screen>
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102 |
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103 | <note><para>There are a great many options available to
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104 | <userinput>./configure</userinput>. Check the output of the
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105 | <option>--help</option> option for additional customization
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106 | options.</para></note>
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107 |
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108 | <para>Build and install <application>MySQL</application> by
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109 | running the following commands:</para>
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110 |
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111 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mysql-&mysql-version;-limit_test-1.patch &&
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112 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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113 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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114 | --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
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115 | --localstatedir=/srv/mysql \
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116 | --enable-thread-safe-client \
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117 | --enable-assembler \
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118 | --enable-local-infile \
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119 | --with-unix-socket-path=/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock \
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120 | --without-debug \
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121 | --without-readline \
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122 | --with-plugins=innobase,myisam \
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123 | --with-extra-charsets=all \
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124 | --with-ssl &&
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125 | make</userinput></screen>
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126 |
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127 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make test</command>. Note that
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128 | if you have a restrictive <filename>/etc/hosts.deny</filename> file, you
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129 | will need to add an appropriate entry to the
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130 | <filename>/etc/hosts.allow</filename> file for the
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131 | <command>mysqld</command> daemon. Otherwise many of the tests will fail.</para>
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132 |
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133 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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134 |
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135 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make benchdir_root=/tmp/mysql-bench install &&
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136 | rm -rf /tmp/mysql &&
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137 | cd /usr/lib &&
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138 | ln -v -sf mysql/libmysqlclient{,_r}.so* .</userinput></screen>
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139 |
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140 | <tip>
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141 | <para>The only documentation shipped in the source tarball are
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142 | <filename>mysql.info</filename> and <filename>manual.chm</filename>
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143 | (Microsoft Help format) files. You can download various formats of the
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144 | <application>MySQL</application> Reference Manual from <ulink
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145 | url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>.</para>
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146 | </tip>
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147 |
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148 | </sect2>
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149 |
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150 | <sect2 role="commands">
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151 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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152 |
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153 | <para><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/sbin</parameter>: This switch installs
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154 | the <command>mysqld</command> daemon and the
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155 | <command>mysqlmanager</command> program in an appropriate location.</para>
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156 |
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157 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/srv/mysql</parameter>: This switch
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158 | forces <application>MySQL</application> to use
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159 | <filename class='directory'>/srv/mysql</filename> for database files and
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160 | other variable data.</para>
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161 |
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162 | <para><parameter>--enable-thread-safe-client</parameter>: This
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163 | switch compiles a thread-safe <application>MySQL</application> client
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164 | library.</para>
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165 |
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166 | <para><parameter>--enable-assembler</parameter>: This switch allows using
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167 | assembler versions of some string functions.</para>
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168 |
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169 | <para><parameter>--enable-local-infile</parameter>: This switch enables
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170 | the <quote>LOAD DATA INFILE</quote> SQL statement.</para>
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171 |
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172 | <para><parameter>--with-unix-socket-path=/var/run/mysql</parameter>:
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173 | This switch puts the unix-domain socket into the
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174 | <filename class="directory">/var/run/mysql</filename> directory instead of
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175 | the default <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename>.</para>
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176 |
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177 | <para><parameter>--without-readline</parameter>: This switch forces the
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178 | build to use the system copy of <application>readline</application> instead
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179 | of the bundled copy.</para>
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180 |
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181 | <para><parameter>--with-extra-charsets=all</parameter>: This switch enables
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182 | international character sets within the suite.</para>
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183 |
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184 | <para><parameter>--with-plugins=innobase,myisam</parameter>: This switch enables
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185 | two useful table types. Check <command>./configure --help</command> for
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186 | other table types.</para>
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187 |
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188 | <para><parameter>--with-ssl</parameter>: This switch enables encrypted
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189 | communication between client and server.</para>
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190 |
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191 | <para><command>make benchdir_root=...</command>: This installs the benchmark
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192 | and test suites in a non-system location.</para>
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193 |
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194 | <para><command>ln -v -sf mysql/libmysqlclient{,_r}.so* .</command>: This
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195 | command makes the <application>MySQL</application> shared libraries
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196 | available to other packages at run-time.</para>
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197 |
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198 | <para><option>--with-openssl</option>: This switch adds OpenSSL support
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199 | to <application>MySQL</application>.</para>
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200 |
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201 | <para><option>--with-libwrap</option>: This switch adds tcpwrappers
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202 | support to <application>MySQL</application>.</para>
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203 |
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204 | </sect2>
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205 |
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206 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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207 | <title>Configuring MySQL</title>
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208 |
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209 | <sect3 id="mysql-config">
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210 | <title>Config Files</title>
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211 |
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212 | <para><filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> and
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213 | <filename>~/.my.cnf</filename></para>
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214 |
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215 | <indexterm zone="mysql mysql-config">
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216 | <primary sortas="e-AA.my.cnf">~/.my.cnf</primary>
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217 | </indexterm>
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218 |
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219 | <indexterm zone="mysql mysql-config">
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220 | <primary sortas="e-etc-my.cnf">/etc/my.cnf</primary>
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221 | </indexterm>
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222 |
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223 | </sect3>
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224 |
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225 | <sect3>
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226 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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227 |
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228 | <para>There are several default configuration files available in
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229 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/mysql</filename> which you can
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230 | use. Create <filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> using the following command
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231 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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232 |
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233 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 /usr/share/mysql/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf
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234 | sed -i -e s/^skip-federated/#skip-federated/ /etc/my.cnf</userinput></screen>
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235 |
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236 | <para>The change to <filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> can be omitted if the
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237 | option <option>--with-plugins=federated</option> is used.</para>
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238 |
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239 | <para>You can now install a database and change the ownership to the
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240 | unprivileged user and group (perform as the <systemitem
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241 | class="username">root</systemitem> user):</para>
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242 |
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243 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mysql_install_db --user=mysql &&
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244 | chgrp -v mysql /srv/mysql{,/test,/mysql}</userinput></screen>
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245 |
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246 | <para>Further configuration requires that the
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247 | <application>MySQL</application> server is running. Start
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248 | the server using the following commands as the <systemitem
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249 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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250 |
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251 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -o mysql -g mysql -d /var/run/mysql &&
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252 | mysqld_safe --user=mysql 2>&1 >/dev/null &</userinput></screen>
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253 |
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254 | <para>A default installation does not set up a password for the
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255 | administrator, so use the following command as the <systemitem
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256 | class="username">root</systemitem> user to set one. Replace
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257 | <replaceable><new-password></replaceable> with your own.</para>
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258 |
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259 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mysqladmin -u root password <replaceable><new-password></replaceable></userinput></screen>
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260 |
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261 | <para>Configuration of the server is now finished. Shut the server
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262 | down using the following command as the <systemitem
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263 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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264 |
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265 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mysqladmin -p shutdown</userinput></screen>
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266 |
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267 | </sect3>
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268 |
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269 | <sect3 id="mysql-init">
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270 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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271 |
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272 | <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql</filename> init script
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273 | included in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package as
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274 | the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to start the
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275 | <application>MySQL</application> server during system boot-up.</para>
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276 |
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277 | <indexterm zone="mysql mysql-init">
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278 | <primary sortas="f-mysql">mysql</primary>
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279 | </indexterm>
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280 |
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281 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-mysql</userinput></screen>
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282 |
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283 | </sect3>
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284 |
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285 | </sect2>
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286 |
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287 | <sect2 role="content">
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288 | <title>Contents</title>
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289 |
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290 | <segmentedlist>
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291 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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292 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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293 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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294 |
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295 | <seglistitem>
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296 | <seg>comp_err, innochecksum, msql2mysql, my_print_defaults,
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297 | myisam_ftdump, myisamchk, myisamlog, myisampack, mysql,
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298 | mysql_client_test, mysql_config, mysql_convert_table_format,
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299 | mysql_create_system_tables, mysql_explain_log, mysql_find_rows,
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300 | mysql_fix_extensions, mysql_fix_privilege_tables, mysql_install_db,
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301 | mysql_secure_installation, mysql_setpermission, mysql_tableinfo,
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302 | mysql_tzinfo_to_sql, mysql_waitpid, mysql_zap, mysqlaccess, mysqladmin,
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303 | mysqlbinlog, mysqlbug, mysqlcheck, mysqld, mysqld_multi, mysqld_safe,
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304 | mysqldump, mysqldumpslow, mysqlhotcopy, mysqlimport, mysqlmanager,
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305 | mysqlshow, mysqltest, mysqltestmanager, mysqltestmanager-pwgen,
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306 | mysqltestmanagerc, perror, replace, resolve_stack_dump, and
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307 | resolveip</seg>
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308 | <seg>libdbug.a, libheap.a, libmyisam.a, libmyisammrg.a,
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309 | libmysqlclient.{so,a}, libmysqlclient_r.{so,a}, libmystrings.a,
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310 | libmysys.a, and libvio.a</seg>
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311 | <seg>/srv/mysql, /usr/include/mysql, /usr/lib/mysql, /usr/share/mysql, and
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312 | /var/run/mysql</seg>
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313 | </seglistitem>
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314 | </segmentedlist>
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315 |
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316 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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317 |
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318 | <para>Descriptions of all the programs and libraries would be several
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319 | pages long. Instead, consult the <filename>mysql.info</filename>
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320 | documentation or the on-line reference manual at <ulink
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321 | url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index.html"/>.</para>
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322 |
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323 | <para>The <application>Perl</application> DBI modules must be installed
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324 | for some of the <application>MySQL</application> support programs to
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325 | function properly.</para>
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326 |
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327 | </sect2>
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328 |
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329 | </sect1>
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