UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello everyone,

I am trying to get mysql to work on my suse linux 8.1.
I downloaded the tar.gz from mysql.com.
untared it as root, and copied it in /usr/local as indicated in:
http://perl.about.com/library/weekly/aa110800b.htm

however, as I try the command:
# /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start

I get the message:
starting daemon.....
then
030911 mytimestamp mysql ended


it seemd that the mysql daemon is not alive.
so I tried to launch:
/usr/local/mysql/scripts/mysql_install_db

and it returned:
did not find ./bin/mysqld
you should do a make install before executing this script

Here I don't know what they mean by running a make install, since in the initial installation of mysql I ran the script ./configure....


The latter went through a number of step and still at the end indicated:
030911 mytimestamp mysql ended


I really don't know what I have done wrong...


Well, if this helps, it could be due to the fact that I had one version of mysql installed by default from my suse distro, and this new one has corrupted it... ? well at least the daemon files, I don't know...


if so, how can I start from scratch ?

Many thanks in advance


Bionicfysh

I only have experience installing the binary distributions of MySQL, because MySQL warns users against potential stability problems if compiled themselves. I have installed binary distribution on SuSE 7.3 and now Debian 3.0 without problem.

You just have to ensure you follow the instructions in the official manual very carefully. If you install binary distribution, simply extract the tarball and all files are in there. Then you have to do the necessary chown/chgrp etc. Start the server daemon and test ....

You may not have corrupted SuSE's version. If you installed mysql in /usr/local, then you ought to be safe because SuSE should package its own version in /usr. To revert to SuSE's version simply delete everything in /usr/local/mysql