summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Docs/INSTALL-BINARY
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Docs/INSTALL-BINARY')
-rw-r--r--Docs/INSTALL-BINARY24
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Docs/INSTALL-BINARY b/Docs/INSTALL-BINARY
index 7ff33c7051e..2bd6daaea17 100644
--- a/Docs/INSTALL-BINARY
+++ b/Docs/INSTALL-BINARY
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
MariaDB and MySQL have identical install methods. In this document we
-describe how to install MariaDB; However all documentation at www.mysql.com
-also applies.
+describe how to install MariaDB.
+The full documentation for installing MariaDB can be found at
+https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/binary-packages/
+However most documentation at www.mysql.com also applies.
2.2. Installing MariaDB from Generic Binaries on Unix/Linux
@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@ also applies.
If you run into problems and need to file a bug report,
please report them to: http://mariadb.org/jira
- See the instructions in Section 1.6, "How to Report Bugs or Problems."
+ See the instructions at
+ https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-community-bug-reporting
The basic commands that you must execute to install and use a
MariaDB binary distribution are:
@@ -79,10 +82,9 @@ shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
is protected, you must perform the installation as root.)
shell> cd /usr/local
- 3. Obtain a distribution file using the instructions in Section
- 2.1.3, "How to Get MariaDB." For a given release, binary
- distributions for all platforms are built from the same MariaDB
- source distribution.
+ 3. Obtain a distribution file using the instructions at
+ https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/where-to-download-mariadb/
+ The description below describes how to install a MariaDB tar file.
4. Unpack the distribution, which creates the installation
directory. Then create a symbolic link to that directory:
@@ -149,8 +151,8 @@ shell> chown -R mysql data
machine, you can copy support-files/mysql.server to the
location where your system has its startup files. More
information can be found in the support-files/mysql.server
- script itself and in Section 2.13.1.2, "Starting and Stopping
- MariaDB Automatically."
+ script itself and at
+ https://mariadb.com/kb/en/starting-and-stopping-mariadb-automatically.
10. You can set up new accounts using the bin/mysql_setpermission
script if you install the DBI and DBD::mysql Perl modules. See
Section 4.6.14, "mysql_setpermission --- Interactively Set
@@ -181,8 +183,8 @@ shell> bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
find some information in the host_name.err file in the data
directory.
- More information about mysqld_safe is given in Section 4.3.2,
- "mysqld_safe --- MySQL Server Startup Script."
+ More information about mysqld_safe can be found at
+ https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mysqld_safe
Note