Re: New to MySQL on Linux
Thanks, Joshua - just the sort of info I needed. Off to find a more recent distro Cheers Terry - Original Message - > On Friday 11 February 2005 09:15, Terry Riley said something like: > > Having inherited an elderly PIII/500MHz box with an 8Gb SCSI disk, > > that had an apparently unusable XP SP2 OS on it, I decided to wipe > > the disk and install my first Linux instead, using an ancient RedHat > > 7.3 distribution. > > First suggestion: get something recent: Suse 9.2, Mandrake 10.1, Fedora > Core 3, the latest Debian. A distro that old will have major security > (and probably usability issues). > > > Now the question: If I'm only using this as a database (no > > development) on RH7.3, which is the preferred download? I am confused > > by the plethora of options available for Linux. Just need something > > that is relatively simple to install (either 4.1.9 or 5.0.x). > > I would doubt the current MySQL RPM's would support something as old as > RH 7.3. If you install something recent, there will be recent versions > of MySQL (Mandrake even has 5.0 in the contrib section, I would assume > Fedora would too. > > You will have to intstall the server portion, and probably the client > portion. You then can use the MySQL GUI tools to admin the box from a > Windows machine. > > Using something like Mandrake or Fedora, their installer tools will > resolve all the dependencies for you. > > Hope that gets you started a little. If you need more detail, feel > free to ask. > > j- k- > > > -- > Joshua J. Kugler -- Fairbanks, Alaska -- ICQ#:13706295 > Every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess, in heaven, on earth, > and under the earth, that Jesus Christ is LORD -- Count on it! -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New to MySQL on Linux
On Friday 11 February 2005 09:15, Terry Riley said something like: > Having inherited an elderly PIII/500MHz box with an 8Gb SCSI disk, > that had an apparently unusable XP SP2 OS on it, I decided to wipe > the disk and install my first Linux instead, using an ancient RedHat > 7.3 distribution. First suggestion: get something recent: Suse 9.2, Mandrake 10.1, Fedora Core 3, the latest Debian. A distro that old will have major security (and probably usability issues). > Now the question: If I'm only using this as a database (no > development) on RH7.3, which is the preferred download? I am confused > by the plethora of options available for Linux. Just need something > that is relatively simple to install (either 4.1.9 or 5.0.x). I would doubt the current MySQL RPM's would support something as old as RH 7.3. If you install something recent, there will be recent versions of MySQL (Mandrake even has 5.0 in the contrib section, I would assume Fedora would too. You will have to intstall the server portion, and probably the client portion. You then can use the MySQL GUI tools to admin the box from a Windows machine. Using something like Mandrake or Fedora, their installer tools will resolve all the dependencies for you. Hope that gets you started a little. If you need more detail, feel free to ask. j- k- -- Joshua J. Kugler -- Fairbanks, Alaska -- ICQ#:13706295 Every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess, in heaven, on earth, and under the earth, that Jesus Christ is LORD -- Count on it! -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New to MySQL on Linux
Thanks to all who replied - food for thought... Cheers Terry - Original Message - > Having inherited an elderly PIII/500MHz box with an 8Gb SCSI disk, that > had an apparently unusable XP SP2 OS on it, I decided to wipe the disk > and install my first Linux instead, using an ancient RedHat 7.3 > distribution. > > Having done that successfully, and increased the memory from 256 to > 768Mb, I think I'm now ready to install the latest MySQL on it. All my > previous MySQL experience, unfortunatley, has been on WinNT, usually > installed with the msi installer. > > Now the question: If I'm only using this as a database (no development) > on RH7.3, which is the preferred download? I am confused by the > plethora of options available for Linux. Just need something that is > relatively simple to install (either 4.1.9 or 5.0.x). > > Suggestions, please? > > Cheers > Terry Riley -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: New to MySQL on Linux
I'd have to agree with Hassan here, with MySQL having the binaries built, it's quite easy if you can set PATHs and make some symbolic links (for "service mysql start" to work). Michael -Original Message- From: Hassan Schroeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 2:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: New to MySQL on Linux Terry Riley wrote: > install my first Linux instead, using an ancient RedHat 7.3 distribution. > > Having done that successfully, and increased the memory from 256 to > 768Mb, I think I'm now ready to install the latest MySQL on it. All my > previous MySQL experience, unfortunatley, has been on WinNT, usually > installed with the msi installer. > > Now the question: If I'm only using this as a database (no > development) on RH7.3, which is the preferred download? I am confused > by the plethora of options available for Linux. Just need something > that is relatively simple to install (either 4.1.9 or 5.0.x). Personally, I hate installers, so I'd get the non-rpm Linux distro. Unzip/untar and you have a nice self-contained directory, so *you* know where everything is, in case you want to de-install, install a later version in parallel, etc. And as it happens, that's at the very top of the list on the MySQL downloads page :-) Linux (x86, glibc-2.2, static, gcc) Standard 4.1.9 26.9M HTH! -- Hassan Schroeder - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webtuitive Design === (+1) 408-938-0567 === http://webtuitive.com dream. code. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New to MySQL on Linux
Terry Riley wrote: install my first Linux instead, using an ancient RedHat 7.3 distribution. Having done that successfully, and increased the memory from 256 to 768Mb, I think I'm now ready to install the latest MySQL on it. All my previous MySQL experience, unfortunatley, has been on WinNT, usually installed with the msi installer. Now the question: If I'm only using this as a database (no development) on RH7.3, which is the preferred download? I am confused by the plethora of options available for Linux. Just need something that is relatively simple to install (either 4.1.9 or 5.0.x). Personally, I hate installers, so I'd get the non-rpm Linux distro. Unzip/untar and you have a nice self-contained directory, so *you* know where everything is, in case you want to de-install, install a later version in parallel, etc. And as it happens, that's at the very top of the list on the MySQL downloads page :-) Linux (x86, glibc-2.2, static, gcc) Standard 4.1.9 26.9M HTH! -- Hassan Schroeder - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webtuitive Design === (+1) 408-938-0567 === http://webtuitive.com dream. code. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New to MySQL on Linux
On Fri February 11 2005 19:15, Terry Riley wrote: > Now the question: If I'm only using this as a database (no development) on > RH7.3, which is the preferred download? I am confused by the plethora of > options available for Linux. Just need something that is relatively simple > to install (either 4.1.9 or 5.0.x). > Well you should know that you can just install MySQL from withing your install cd. (at least with RH-9). If not, I recommend you use the RH update utility. up2date (requires root privileges) and then just choose MySQL from the list of items. Then installing it is as simple as clicking finish. Good luck and kind regards PS: if you prefer commandline utilities, you might interest yourself in apt-get See www.apt-get.org (it says it's for debian but I use it for my Fedora Core which is RedHat anyway) Once you've installed it, installing any package is as simple as typing (example for mysql) apt-get install mysql it will download the packages and perform the installation (note: root privileges required) Andy -- --- Registered Linux user number 379093 --- -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
New to MySQL on Linux
Having inherited an elderly PIII/500MHz box with an 8Gb SCSI disk, that had an apparently unusable XP SP2 OS on it, I decided to wipe the disk and install my first Linux instead, using an ancient RedHat 7.3 distribution. Having done that successfully, and increased the memory from 256 to 768Mb, I think I'm now ready to install the latest MySQL on it. All my previous MySQL experience, unfortunatley, has been on WinNT, usually installed with the msi installer. Now the question: If I'm only using this as a database (no development) on RH7.3, which is the preferred download? I am confused by the plethora of options available for Linux. Just need something that is relatively simple to install (either 4.1.9 or 5.0.x). Suggestions, please? Cheers Terry Riley -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
