Blain,
Friday, October 25, 2002, 2:11:11 AM, you wrote:
BN I've used MySQL before, a few years ago, under Slackware. I never could get it to
compile (despite
BN lots of help from folks here), but a pre-rolled binary did just fine for what I
needed at the time.
BN That system is no longer
Do you have a Linux user 'mysql', and does mysql own the database
directories/subdirectories/files ?
Blain Nelson wrote:
Howdy,
I've used MySQL before, a few years ago, under Slackware. I never could get it to compile (despite
lots of help from folks here), but a pre-rolled binary did just
IIRC Slackware 7 and 8 come with MySQL preinstalled.
But.. it does compile fine here.. on both 7 and 8. But you really have to
uninstall (pkgtool) the default installed.. next you follow all the staps
as explained in the MySQL manual (actually a file in the docs directory).
Have fun,
B.
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Howdy,
I've used MySQL before, a few years ago, under Slackware. I never could get it to
compile (despite
lots of help from folks here), but a pre-rolled binary did just fine for what I needed
at the time.
That system is no longer hooked up.
I've recently installed a newer version of
