Saurabh, Saturday, April 27, 2002, 7:50:24 AM, you wrote: SC> I installed mysql on linux mandrake 7.2 over the weekend. However i SC> want to use it as part of my application and not as some sort of a server. I SC> wanted to install mysql in my own account. Also i installed using rpm's and SC> they always installed mysql on /var/lib/mysql directory. I used the rpm's SC> supplied on the CD as part of the distribution. Was hoping if anybody has SC> installed mysql in their own account using rpm's and can provide me with a SC> mini howto. I did look at the mysql book (dubois) and the manual and for SC> installing mysql in some other place directed at the source distribution.
No, you can't do this. Package MySQL is not relocateable. You can install binary packages in .tar.gz instead of RPM. SC> Regards and thanks for your help, SC> Saurabh -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
