Re: MySQL newbie installation

[Chris Nolan]

Yes! Yes you can!

Ahem

Basically, MySQL is always a network-aware database whether connections 
come in via Named Pipes (blame Bill for those), TCP/IP, UNIX sockets or 
via the funky shared memory whatsit that was brought in with MySQL 4.1.x.

All that will be happening in your case is that you'll just need to tell 
all of your applications and things that your computer is the database 
server, by specifying localhost as the database server.

Chris

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I wish to learn MySQL on my Linux box [SuSE 8.1]

Can I install MySQL on my hard drive and use it for learning *from* the
hard drive, without having to set up a server/network?  This would include
MySQLCC.
In other words, can I run MySQL like Access, strictly as a local database,
for learning purposes?
I hope I'm not blaspheming.
  
  
Thanks
  
Mike  
  





 



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Re: MySQL newbie installation question

[Max Morawski]

CM Miller wrote:


Very new to MySQL and I've done a search on
google.com, but really couldn't find the answer that I
am looking for.

Where should I install MySQL?  I'm running RH 7.3 and
I've installed the tgz file under my directory
/home/CMMiller, is this right, or anywhere else?  I
see it is also under /usr/share.


Do as the readme says - unpack the distribution and follow instructions. 
Standard location for mysql distribution is /usr/local/mysql from which 
you should make symlinks to /usr/loca/bin etc. You can put your data 
files pretty much everywhere but be very careful about permissions (some 
directories should be wriable by root only, some has to be writable by 
mysql user - read error nessages if in doubt and pay attention to 
security issues). Test your setup by starting the daemon manually 
specifying installation directory, data directory and user (-u mysql). 
Then put a service file in /etc/init.d and make symlinks to appropriate 
/etc/rc.d directories.

how do I login
once I get it up and going, or change passwords, or do
basic admin work? 

There is a text client called 'mysql' :-) Check it out.

HTH,
Max



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