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These instructions describe how to build binaries from source for MySQL 5.1 on Windows. Instructions are provided for building binaries from a standard source distribution or from the Bazaar tree that contains the latest development source.
Note
The instructions here are strictly for users who want to test MySQL on Microsoft Windows from the latest source distribution or from the Bazaar tree. For production use, we do not advise using a MySQL server built by yourself from source. Normally, it is best to use precompiled binary distributions of MySQL that are built specifically for optimal performance on Windows by Oracle Corporation. Instructions for installing binary distributions are available in Installing MySQL on Windows.
To build MySQL on Windows from source, you must satisfy the following system, compiler, and resource requirements:
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Windows 2000, Windows XP, or newer version.
Windows Vista is supported when using Visual Studio 2005 provided you have installed the following updates:
CMake, which can be downloaded from http://www.cmake.org. After installing, modify your path to include the
cmakebinary.Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, Visual Studio .Net 2003 (7.1), or Visual Studio 2005 (8.0) compiler system.
If you are using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, you must also install an appropriate Platform SDK. More information and links to downloads for various Windows platforms is available from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0baf2b35-c656-4969-ace8-e4c0c0716adb.
If you are compiling from a Bazaar tree or making changes to the parser, you need
bisonfor Windows, which can be downloaded from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bison.htm. Download the package labeled “Complete package, excluding sources”. After installing the package, modify your path to include the bison binary and ensure that this binary is accessible from Visual Studio.Cygwin might be necessary if you want to run the test script or package the compiled binaries and support files into a Zip archive. (Cygwin is needed only to test or package the distribution, not to build it.) Cygwin is available from http://cygwin.com.
3GB to 5GB of disk space.
The exact system requirements for Visual Studio can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/Previous/2003/sysreqs/default.aspx and http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/sysreqs/default.aspx
You also need a MySQL source distribution for Windows, which can be obtained two ways:
Obtain a source distribution packaged by Oracle Corporation. These are available from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/.
Package a source distribution yourself from the latest Bazaar developer source tree. For instructions on pulling the latest source files, see Chapter 3, Installing from the Development Source Tree.
If you find something not working as expected, or you have
suggestions about ways to improve the current build process on
Windows, please send a message to the win32
mailing list. See MySQL Mailing Lists.
