- Documentation Library
- Table of Contents
- MySQL 5.5 Manual
- MySQL 5.4 Manual
- MySQL 5.1 Manual
- MySQL 5.0 Manual
- MySQL 3.23/4.0/4.1 Manual
- Table of Contents
- Preface, Notes, Licenses
- 1 General Information
- 2 Installing and Upgrading MySQL
- 2.1 General Installation Issues
- 2.2 Standard MySQL Installation Using a Binary Distribution
- 2.3 Installing MySQL on Windows
- 2.4 Installing MySQL from RPM Packages on Linux
- 2.5 Installing MySQL on Mac OS X
- 2.6 Installing MySQL on Solaris
- 2.7 Installing MySQL on NetWare
- 2.8 Installing MySQL from tar.gz Packages on Other Unix-Like Systems
- 2.9 MySQL Installation Using a Source Distribution
- 2.10 Post-Installation Setup and Testing
- 2.11 Upgrading or Downgrading MySQL
- 2.12 Operating System-Specific Notes
- 2.13 Environment Variables
- 2.14 Perl Installation Notes
- 3 Tutorial
- 4 MySQL Programs
- 5 MySQL Server Administration
- 6 Backup and Recovery
- 7 Optimization
- 8 Language Structure
- 9 Internationalization and Localization
- 10 Data Types
- 11 Functions and Operators
- 12 SQL Statement Syntax
- 13 Storage Engines
- 14 Replication
- 15 MySQL Cluster
- 16 Spatial Extensions
- 17 Connectors and APIs
- 18 Extending MySQL
- A Errors, Error Codes, and Common Problems
- B MySQL Change History
- C Restrictions and Limits
- Index
Table of Contents [+/-]
- 2.1. General Installation Issues [+/-]
- 2.2. Standard MySQL Installation Using a Binary Distribution
- 2.3. Installing MySQL on Windows [+/-]
- 2.3.1. Choosing An Installation Package
- 2.3.2. Installing MySQL with the Automated Installer
- 2.3.3. Using the MySQL Installation Wizard
- 2.3.4. Using the Configuration Wizard
- 2.3.5. Installing MySQL from a Noinstall Zip Archive
- 2.3.6. Extracting the Install Archive
- 2.3.7. Creating an Option File
- 2.3.8. Selecting a MySQL Server Type
- 2.3.9. Starting the Server for the First Time
- 2.3.10. Starting MySQL from the Windows Command Line
- 2.3.11. Starting MySQL as a Windows Service
- 2.3.12. Testing The MySQL Installation
- 2.3.13. Troubleshooting a MySQL Installation Under Windows
- 2.3.14. Upgrading MySQL on Windows
- 2.3.15. MySQL on Windows Compared to MySQL on Unix
- 2.4. Installing MySQL from RPM Packages on Linux
- 2.5. Installing MySQL on Mac OS X
- 2.6. Installing MySQL on Solaris
- 2.7. Installing MySQL on NetWare
- 2.8. Installing MySQL from
tar.gzPackages on Other Unix-Like Systems - 2.9. MySQL Installation Using a Source Distribution [+/-]
- 2.10. Post-Installation Setup and Testing [+/-]
- 2.11. Upgrading or Downgrading MySQL [+/-]
- 2.12. Operating System-Specific Notes [+/-]
- 2.13. Environment Variables
- 2.14. Perl Installation Notes [+/-]
End of Product Lifecycle. Active development and support for MySQL Database Server versions 3.23, 4.0, and 4.1 has ended. For details, see http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/lifecycle/#calendar. Please consider upgrading to a recent version. Further updates to the content of this manual will be minimal. All formats of this manual will continue to be available until 31 Dec 2010.
This chapter describes how to obtain and install MySQL. A summary of the procedure follows and later sections provide the details. If you plan to upgrade an existing version of MySQL to a newer version rather than install MySQL for the first time, see Section 2.11.1, “Upgrading MySQL”, for information about upgrade procedures and about issues that you should consider before upgrading.
Determine whether MySQL runs and is supported on your platform. Please note that not all platforms are equally suitable for running MySQL, and that not all platforms on which MySQL is known to run are officially supported by Oracle Corporation. See Section 2.1.1, “Operating Systems On Which MySQL Is Known To Run”, for details.
Choose which distribution to install. Several versions of MySQL are available, and most are available in several distribution formats. You can choose from pre-packaged distributions containing binary (precompiled) programs or source code. When in doubt, use a binary distribution. We also provide public access to our current source tree for those who want to see our most recent developments and help us test new code. To determine which version and type of distribution you should use, see Section 2.1.2, “Choosing Which MySQL Distribution to Install”.
Download the distribution that you want to install. For instructions, see Section 2.1.3, “How to Get MySQL”. To verify the integrity of the distribution, use the instructions in Section 2.1.4, “Verifying Package Integrity Using MD5 Checksums or
GnuPG”.-
Install the distribution. To install MySQL from a binary distribution, use the instructions in Section 2.2, “Standard MySQL Installation Using a Binary Distribution”. To install MySQL from a source distribution or from the current development source tree, use the instructions in Section 2.9, “MySQL Installation Using a Source Distribution”.
If you encounter installation difficulties, see Section 2.12, “Operating System-Specific Notes”, for information on solving problems for particular platforms.
Perform any necessary post-installation setup. After installing MySQL, read Section 2.10, “Post-Installation Setup and Testing”. This section contains important information about making sure the MySQL server is working properly. It also describes how to secure the initial MySQL user accounts, which have no passwords until you assign passwords. The section applies whether you install MySQL using a binary or source distribution.
If you want to run the MySQL benchmark scripts, Perl support for MySQL must be available. See Section 2.14, “Perl Installation Notes”.
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