Dear Phillip and all, I am installing from Binary Distribution and just follow the INSTALL-BINARY file to install. I just did all the steps below:
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 mysql-VERSION-OS mysql shell> cd mysql shell> scripts/mysql_install_db shell> chown -R root /usr/local/mysql shell> chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/data shell> chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql shell> chown -R root /usr/local/mysql/bin shell> bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql & Thanks and regards, Kevin Chan <Phillip B. Bruce Wrote> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Why I can't run Mysql program ? Please Help ! > Kevin Chan wrote: > > > Dear Michael and all, > > > > Hi Michael, do you mind to tell me where is the location of the my.cnf file > > in my michane (Sun Solaris2.8) beacuse I can't find it ? > > > > And what I should change on that file to solve the problem? ... thanks ! > > > > Thanks and regards, > > Kevin Chan > > > > <Michael Brunson Wrote> > > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 12:35 PM > > Subject: Re: Why I can't run Mysql program ? Please Help ! > > > > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:00:08 +0800, "Kevin Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > [...] > > | # ./bin/mysql > > | ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > > | 'path-for-socket-file' (2) > > [...] > > > > You may want to edit your my.cnf file to have the path to the socket file. > > > > Thanks, > > Michael > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > Kevin, > > If you had read the instruction from INSTALL-SOURCE you would have found the > following > > shell> useradd -g mysql mysql > shell> gunzip < mysql-VERSION.tar.gz | tar -xvf - > shell> cd mysql-VERSION > shell> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql > shell> make > shell> make install > shell> scripts/mysql_install_db > shell> chown -R root /usr/local/mysql > shell> chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/var > shell> chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql > shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf <=== Here is > the step you left out > shell> /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql & > > > > -- > ************************************************************ > *** Phillip B. Bruce *** > *** http://pbbruce.home.mindspring.com *** > *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** > *** *** > *** "Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than *** > *** you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you *** > *** is a maniac." - George Carlin *** > ************************************************************ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
