Elissa,
Wednesday, March 06, 2002, 6:44:26 AM, you wrote:
E> I'm a newie to SQL, and to Linux, so please forgive my blaring blunders...
E> I know I have an x86 Linux machine, running Redhat 7.2, and I know that I
E> like RPMs better than binary installations....
E> When I get to the Stable Version/Linux/RPMs download area, the following
E> options are available:
E> MySQL 3.23.49a Server (i386) (14M)
E> MySQL 3.23.49a Benchmark/test suites (i386) (690K)
E> MySQL 3.23.49a Client programs (i386) (5.2M)
E> MySQL 3.23.49a Libraries and Header files for development (i386) (1.2M)
E> MySQL 3.23.49a Client shared libraries (i386) (231K)
E> My question is: do I have to install ALL these files? I'm just a little
E> end-user, who wants to make my own database for academic sources, notes,
E> maybe my own addressbook (I like custom-configured stuff, I used to do a lot
E> of it with Filemaker Pro). I'm never going to use this on a server or do
E> development stuff with it. Which of the above RPMs do I download and
E> install? I thought I'd find out for sure before I downloaded all this stuff
E> (not with a high-speed modem...). I'm planning on using a MySQL gui that
E> works well in Gnome or KDE.
For minimal installation you should install MySQL server and MySQL
client.
You can find info about MySQL installation on Linux if you check
the following links:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/L/i/Linux-RPM.html
http://www.mysql.com/doc/L/i/Linux.html
E> Elissa Teeple
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