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If the tar archive filename has processor and operating system information in it, it is a binary distribution, not a source distribution.Description:Attempted to follow instructions to install from source tarball as indicated in manual.pdf. I acquired manual.pdf from:http://www.mysql.com/Documents/Manual/manual.pdf On Page 81 of manual.pdf I followed the 'To install a source distribution' Steps 1 through 6 went fine. However at step 7 that is where the install process halted. Step 1 - Pick directory to install distribution and move into it. # cd /usr/local Step 2 - Obtain a distribution file from one of the sites listed: Acquired 'mysql-max-3.23.55-pc-linux-i686.tar.gz' Step 3 - Berkeley DB tables disclaimer. Not interested at this time. Step 4 - Add a user and group for mysqld to run as: # <created user mysql with uid of 114 and group mysql with gid of 108> Step 5 - Unpack the distribution into current directory: # tar -zxvf /tmp/mysql-max-3.23.55-pc-linux-i686.tar.gz
On the downloads page, the different downloads are broken out into platform-specific binary versions, and then at the very end a 'Source Distributions' section.
The rest of your problems you list mostly have to do with this initial misunderstanding...none of the directions given in the manual will correspond with what you are seeing if you downloaded a binary instead of a source distribution :)
Do you have any feedback as to where our documentation or download pages might have led you to believe you were downloading a source distribution when you were actually downloading a binary distribution, so that we may fix them?
-Mark
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