I have not been able to figure this out, yet. I found the file /usr/share/mysql/make_binary_distribution and tried a make on it; no luck. I scoured the documentation on the web and in my own distribution and have not been able to find out what to do next. See Below. I would appreciate getting some advise as to where to turn next. thanks, HARry
I'm trying to set up a database system for the first time. I installed mysql-3.23.32-1.7.i386.rpm on my RedHat Linux version 7.0, but it doesn't seem to have set up correctly. Is anyone familiar with how to proceed from the point of installing this RPM to getting the server configured and the daemon started, so as to be able to start the tutorial on the test DB? In the documentation located here: http://www.mysql.com/doc/P/o/Post-installation.html, the post install instructions don't seem to work. /usr/bin/mysql_install_db gives the following message: "Didn't find /usr/libexec/mysqld You should do a 'make install' before executing this script." Also, I believe I need to be executing the ./mysql_config with some set of arguments according to this section of the documentation: http://www.mysql.com/doc/c/o/configure_options.html "If you want to compile statically linked programs (for example, to make a binary distribution, to get more speed, or to work around problems with some RedHat Linux distributions), run configure like this: shell> ./configure --with-client-ldflags=-all-static \ --with-mysqld-ldflags=-all-static " This document is far too generalized for me to know exactly what to do. I've tried bouncing a few things around, but have not been able to move forward. Fortunately, I haven't messed up my system, yet! Lost in the Ozone, HARry
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