Hi Lists, I recently downloaded mysql-3.23.51-pc-linux-gnu-i686 from mysql.com for linux platform.
I did the following. Created group mysql Created user mysql Extracted the zip using gunzip to /usr/local/mysql-VERSION-OS/ cd /usr/local/mysql-VERSION-OS/ /configre --prefix=/usr/loca/mysql .................... .................... [root@neelsl mysql-3.23.51-pc-linux-gnu-i686]# Starting mysqld daemon with datab ases from /usr/local/mysql-3.23.51-pc-linux-gnu-i686/data 020801 16:23:20 mysqld ended [root@neelsl mysql-3.23.51-pc-linux-gnu-i686]# make make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. [root@neelsl mysql-3.23.51-pc-linux-gnu-i686]# make install make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop. What is the problem, I am following the instructions provided in the manual.txt. I am new to this. Regards, Saravanan ************************************************************* C. Saravanan Phone : 500 281 *2241 (Off.) Programmer, Dept. of Comp.Sc. & Eng. 341 311 (Res.) Regional Engineering College, Trichy, Tamilnadu, INDIA Fax : 500 188 ************************************************************* "What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. " --------------------------------------------- This message was sent from RECTMAIL. http://www.rect.edu/ or http://rangoli.rect.ernet.in/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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