Install MySQL source code on Linux

Environment: RHEL 3, mysql-5.0.22 source code package (: http://download.mysql.cn/src/2006/0710/5544.html)

Use the root user to perform the following steps:

Groupadd MySQL

Useradd-G MySQL

CD/usr/local

Tar zxvf/root/mysql-5.0.22.tar.gz # absolute path of MySQL source code package

CD mysql-5.0.22

./Configure -- enable-thread-safe-client -- With-Unix-socket -- With-mysqld-user = MySQL -- With-charset = GBK -- prefix =/usr/local/MySQL

Make # This step takes a long time

Make with_xcharset = GBK, bg2312 install

Scripts/mysql_install_db

Chown-r root/usr/local/MySQL

Chown-r MySQL/usr/local/MySQL/var

Chgrp-r MySQL/usr/local/MySQL

CP support-files/my-medium.cnf/etc/My. CNF

/Usr/local/MySQL/bin/mysqld_safe & # Start MySQL

/Usr/local/MySQL/bin/mysqladmin-u Root Password 'new-password' # modify the MySQL Root User Password