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diff --git a/Docs/INSTALL-BINARY b/Docs/INSTALL-BINARY index d1c409acd67..33fc4ae81f8 100644 --- a/Docs/INSTALL-BINARY +++ b/Docs/INSTALL-BINARY @@ -1,8 +1,191 @@ -You can find information about how to install binary distributions at +2.9. Installing MySQL from tar.gz Packages on Other Unix-Like Systems - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/quick-standard-installation.html + This section covers the installation of MySQL binary distributions + that are provided for various platforms in the form of compressed + tar files (files with a .tar.gz extension). See Section 2.1.2.4, + "MySQL Binaries Compiled by Sun Microsystems, Inc.," for a + detailed list. -The MySQL Reference Manual is also available in various formats on -http://dev.mysql.com/doc; if you're interested in the DocBook XML -sources go to http://svn.mysql.com. + To obtain MySQL, see Section 2.1.3, "How to Get MySQL." + + MySQL tar file binary distributions have names of the form + mysql-VERSION-OS.tar.gz, where VERSION is a number (for example, + 5.1.35), and OS indicates the type of operating system for which + the distribution is intended (for example, pc-linux-i686). + + In addition to these generic packages, we also offer binaries in + platform-specific package formats for selected platforms. See + Section 2.2, "Standard MySQL Installation Using a Binary + Distribution," for more information on how to install these. + + You need the following tools to install a MySQL tar file binary + distribution: + + * GNU gunzip to uncompress the distribution. + + * A reasonable tar to unpack the distribution. GNU tar is known + to work. Some operating systems come with a preinstalled + version of tar that is known to have problems. For example, + the tar provided with early versions of Mac OS X, SunOS 4.x + and Solaris 8 and earlier are known to have problems with long + file names. On Mac OS X, you can use the preinstalled gnutar + program. On other systems with a deficient tar, you should + install GNU tar first. + + If you run into problems and need to file a bug report, please use + the instructions in Section 1.6, "How to Report Bugs or Problems." + + The basic commands that you must execute to install and use a + MySQL binary distribution are: +shell> groupadd mysql +shell> useradd -g mysql mysql +shell> cd /usr/local +shell> gunzip < /path/to/mysql-VERSION-OS.tar.gz | tar xvf - +shell> ln -s full-path-to-mysql-VERSION-OS mysql +shell> cd mysql +shell> chown -R mysql . +shell> chgrp -R mysql . +shell> scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql +shell> chown -R root . +shell> chown -R mysql data +shell> bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql & + +Note + + This procedure does not set up any passwords for MySQL accounts. + After following the procedure, proceed to Section 2.11, + "Post-Installation Setup and Testing." + + A more detailed version of the preceding description for + installing a binary distribution follows: + + 1. Add a login user and group for mysqld to run as: +shell> groupadd mysql +shell> useradd -g mysql mysql + These commands add the mysql group and the mysql user. The + syntax for useradd and groupadd may differ slightly on + different versions of Unix, or they may have different names + such as adduser and addgroup. + You might want to call the user and group something else + instead of mysql. If so, substitute the appropriate name in + the following steps. + + 2. Pick the directory under which you want to unpack the + distribution and change location into it. In the following + example, we unpack the distribution under /usr/local. (The + instructions, therefore, assume that you have permission to + create files and directories in /usr/local. If that directory + 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 MySQL." For a given release, binary + distributions for all platforms are built from the same MySQL + source distribution. + + 4. Unpack the distribution, which creates the installation + directory. Then create a symbolic link to that directory: +shell> gunzip < /path/to/mysql-VERSION-OS.tar.gz | tar xvf - +shell> ln -s full-path-to-mysql-VERSION-OS mysql + The tar command creates a directory named mysql-VERSION-OS. + The ln command makes a symbolic link to that directory. This + lets you refer more easily to the installation directory as + /usr/local/mysql. + With GNU tar, no separate invocation of gunzip is necessary. + You can replace the first line with the following alternative + command to uncompress and extract the distribution: +shell> tar zxvf /path/to/mysql-VERSION-OS.tar.gz + + 5. Change location into the installation directory: +shell> cd mysql + You will find several files and subdirectories in the mysql + directory. The most important for installation purposes are + the bin and scripts subdirectories: + + + The bin directory contains client programs and the + server. You should add the full path name of this + directory to your PATH environment variable so that your + shell finds the MySQL programs properly. See Section + 2.14, "Environment Variables." + + + The scripts directory contains the mysql_install_db + script used to initialize the mysql database containing + the grant tables that store the server access + permissions. + + 6. Ensure that the distribution contents are accessible to mysql. + If you unpacked the distribution as mysql, no further action + is required. If you unpacked the distribution as root, its + contents will be owned by root. Change its ownership to mysql + by executing the following commands as root in the + installation directory: +shell> chown -R mysql . +shell> chgrp -R mysql . + The first command changes the owner attribute of the files to + the mysql user. The second changes the group attribute to the + mysql group. + + 7. If you have not installed MySQL before, you must create the + MySQL data directory and initialize the grant tables: +shell> scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql + If you run the command as root, include the --user option as + shown. If you run the command while logged in as that user, + you can omit the --user option. + The command should create the data directory and its contents + with mysql as the owner. + After creating or updating the grant tables, you need to + restart the server manually. + + 8. Most of the MySQL installation can be owned by root if you + like. The exception is that the data directory must be owned + by mysql. To accomplish this, run the following commands as + root in the installation directory: +shell> chown -R root . +shell> chown -R mysql data + + 9. If you want MySQL to start automatically when you boot your + 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 2.11.2.2, "Starting and Stopping + MySQL 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 + Permissions in Grant Tables." For Perl module installation + instructions, see Section 2.15, "Perl Installation Notes." + 11. If you would like to use mysqlaccess and have the MySQL + distribution in some non-standard location, you must change + the location where mysqlaccess expects to find the mysql + client. Edit the bin/mysqlaccess script at approximately line + 18. Search for a line that looks like this: +$MYSQL = '/usr/local/bin/mysql'; # path to mysql executable + Change the path to reflect the location where mysql actually + is stored on your system. If you do not do this, a Broken pipe + error will occur when you run mysqlaccess. + + After everything has been unpacked and installed, you should test + your distribution. To start the MySQL server, use the following + command: +shell> bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql & + + If you run the command as root, you must use the --user option as + shown. The value of the option is the name of the login account + that you created in the first step to use for running the server. + If you run the command while logged in as mysql, you can omit the + --user option. + + If the command fails immediately and prints mysqld ended, you can + 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." + +Note + + The accounts that are listed in the MySQL grant tables initially + have no passwords. After starting the server, you should set up + passwords for them using the instructions in Section 2.11, + "Post-Installation Setup and Testing." |