July 2001
Intermediate to advanced
656 pages
14h 22m
English
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Deciding On an Installation Method: Pros and Cons
For starters and demo projects, I recommend the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) method. It is quick and works well. Defaults are preset so that you can see how the databases are structured after they are installed. Installing from binaries and from source are the other options. You might install from binaries if you have a predefined need to put MySQL somewhere in a location other than the default. Install from source if you have a very advanced need or you just like the pain.
RPM: The Quickest and Easiest
This section explains what RPM is and why you should care about it. The RPM is the closest thing the Linux world has to an installer/uninstaller, which everyone in the Windows world is familiar ...