MySQL 5.5 Installation from source

Installation of MySQL :

1) Download and extract the package :

wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.5/mysql-5.5.21.tar.gz

2) shell> cmake .

3) shell> make

4) make install

End of source-build specific instructions

Post-installation setup

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1) cd /usr/local/mysql

2) chown -R mysql .

3) chgrp -R mysql .

4) scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql

5) chown -R root .

6) chown -R mysql data

#Next command is optional

shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf

To start MySQL

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bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &

#Next command is optional

shell> cp support-files/mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysql.server

Once we done this, we can start MySQL using the command “/etc/init.d/mysql.server start” .