Unix Source Distributions
The steps for installing MySQL on all Unix types of operating systems are basically the same. This includes
Linux, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD, IBM AIX, HP-UX, etc. It’s recommended that
you install MySQL with a binary distribution, but as explained in the
previous section, sometimes you may want to use a source distribution. To
install a source distribution, you will need copies of GNU gunzip, GNU tar, GNU gcc (at least version 2.95.2), and
GNU make. These tools are usually included in all Linux
systems and in most Unix systems. If your system doesn’t have them, you
can download them from the GNU Project’s site (http://www.gnu.org).
Once you’ve chosen and downloaded the source distribution files for MySQL, enter the following commands as root from the directory where you want the source files stored:
groupadd mysql useradd -g mysql mysql tar xvfz /tmp/mysql-version.tar.gz cd mysql-version
The first command creates the user group mysql. The second creates the
system user mysql and adds it to the group
mysql at the same time. The next command uses the
tar utility (along with gunzip via
the z option) to unzip and unpack the source
distribution file you downloaded. You should replace the word
version with the version number—that is to say,
you should use the actual path and filename of the installation file that
you downloaded for the second argument of the tar
command. The last command changes to the directory created by
tar in the previous line. That directory contains ...