I had no problem installing mysql as a simple user in my home directory
on a linux x86_64 machine either from source or binary.
I did this:
1.Download binary or source from MySQL mirror
2.Untar into a directory database_dir or make install using ./configure
-âprefix=database_dir
3.Softlink database_dir as mysql
4.Add to path database_dir/bin and database_dir/scripts, change to mysql
dir
5.Create database tables
./scripts/mysql_install_db --ldata=./data
or if installed from source
./bin/mysql_install_db --ldata=./data --basedir=${PWD}
6.Start mysql daemon:
./bin/safe_mysqld --basedir=. --datadir=./data --err-log=./mysql.log --
pid-file=mysql.pid âsocket=./mysql.sock
or if installed from source:
./bin/mysqld_safe --basedir=. --datadir=./data --pid-file=mysql.pid --
socket=./mysql.sock
7. Start mysql client
mysql âsocket=./data/mysql.sock
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Bereczki Gabor
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