Point taken..., maybe because, err..., uh...., nobody told me not to? Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket. Well, now I know. Much kudos to you and yours. Anyway, here's what I did in case others need explicit guidance.
Installation (Souce tarball only): - cd to the directory that you want to unpack the tarball into, say /home/alex/install-platform. - unpack the tarball. This will create a directory like /home/alex/install-platform/mysql-max-version. - Create the installation directory, NOTE:, this MUST be different than the source directory above. Let's use /home/alex/install-platform/mysql for example. - cd to the directory that you unpacked the tarball in, /home/alex/install-platform/mysql-max-version. - Execute the "configure" command listed (way) below. - make - make install - Now you should have everything you need installed under /home/alex/install-platform/mysql . - Add the directories to store the socket file and logs and whatever else you've got specified in ~/.my.cnf. Config command: ./configure --prefix=/home/alex/install-platform/mysql --with-unix-socket-path=/home/alex/install-platform/mysql --with-innodb --with-mysqld-user=mysql --with-comment --with-debug OR (here's a good one, looks killer huh?) CFLAGS="-O3" CXX=gcc CXXFLAGS="-O3 -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti" \ ./configure --with-server-suffix=-max --with-innodb \ --prefix=/home/alex/install_platform/mysql --enable-assembler \ --with-mysqld-ldflags=-all-static Thanks. String so this comes up in a search should someone get the same error message I got: "are the same file" Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: >Alex Waltrip wrote: > >> make[1]: Entering directory >>`/home/alex/work/apps/pocket-web-apps/install-platform/mysql-3.23.52/mysql-test' >>...snip... >>mkdir -p /home/alex/work/apps/pocket-web-apps/install-platform/mysql-3.23.52 >>- cd /home/alex/work/apps/pocket-web-apps/install-platform/mysql-3.23.52 >>...snip... >>--prefix=/home/alex/work/apps/pocket-web-apps/install-platform/mysql-3.23.52 >> > > Is there any particular reason why you're installing in the same directory your >sources are in? > >-- >H | "Life is the art of drawing without an eraser." - John Gardner > +-------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . 303.442.6410 x130 > Director of Internet Operations / SysAdmin . 800.441.3873 x130 > Photo Craft Laboratories, Inc. . 3550 Arapahoe Ave, #6 > http://www.pcraft.com ..... . . . Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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