Potted MySQL installation

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We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

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Putting MySQL onto a machine that may previously have had an install ... here's a summary of the commands we used yesterday. It's a useful checklist (reminders to get rid of old config files that could cause a new install to start with old data, for example) but you 'll need to adopt / adapt individual commands to deal with what you find on your system.

1. Backup / copy anything you want to keep!

2. Tidy up / remove previous installs

Kill any running daemons
Also /etc/my.cnf, ~/.my.cnf, /var/lib/mysql, /etc/init.d/mysql.server
cd /usr/local
rm mysql
rm -rf mysql-5.1.xx-linux-i686-icc-glibc23/

3. Fresh Install

[download / copy fresh distribution]
tar xf ~trainee/bristol/mysql-5.1.xx-linux-i686-icc-glibc23.tar.gz
ln -s mysql-5.1.xx-linux-i686-icc-glibc23 mysql
cd mysql
chown -R mysql.mysql .
./scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
chown -R root .
chown -R mysql data
./bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
export PATH=/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH
./bin/mysql_secure_installation
ps aux | grep mysql
mysql -uroot -pk645pfb -hlocalhost

4. Make permanent at reboot

cd /etc/init.d
cp /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server .
cd ../rc5.d
ln -s ../init.d/mysql.server S94mysqld
ln -s ../init.d/mysql.server K09mysqld

5. Create a user account and database

mysql -hlocalhost -p -uroot
grant all on twcrp.* to twcrp@"%" identified by "abc123" ;
create database twcrp;

(Yes, I am running our MySQL course at the moment!)
(written 2009-10-09)

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  [1935] Summary of MySQL installation on a Linux system - (2008-12-11)
  [2085] MySQL - licensing issues, even with using the name - (2009-03-16)
  [2209] Monitoring and Tuning your MySQL installation - (2009-05-31)
  [2426] Which version of MySQL am I running? - (2009-09-26)
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