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Let us understand how MySQL can be installed from the source −MySQL can be built from source code. The advantage of this is that it allows the user to customize the build parameters, the compiler optimizations, and the installation location. The below link gives a list of systems on which MySQL can be run−https://www.mysql.com/support/supportedplatforms/database.html.Before proceeding with an installation from a source, ensure whether Oracle produced a precompiled binary distribution for the respective platform and if it works for the user or not.Building MySQL with nonstandard options might lead to a reduction in the functionality, performance, or security of the application.The ... Read More
MySQL can be installed on FreeBSD using the binary distribution which is provided by Oracle. The preferred and easiest way to install MySQL is to use the ‘mysql-server’ and ‘mysql-client’ ports which are available on http://www.freebsd.org/ website.The advantage of using these ports are −It comes with a working MySQL server and it contains all optimizations that are enabled, and help work on the user’s version of FreeBSD.It is automatically configured and built.The start up scripts are installed in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.It gives the ability to the user to use pkg_info –L to see which of the files were installed.It also gives the ... Read More
MySQL can be installed on Solaris using a binary package which is the native Solaris PKG format, instead of using the binary tarball distribution. The installation package has a dependency on the Oracle Developer Studio 12.6 Runtime Libraries. This needs to be installed before running the MySQL installation package.The installation package ensures that the runtime libraries only are installed, instead of having to install the full Oracle Developer Studio. This package can be used by downloading the corresponding mysql-VERSION-solaris11-PLATFORM.pkg.gz file.Uncompress Solaris PackageThis needs to be uncompressed after being downloaded. Below is a sample code to do the same −shell> gunzip ... Read More
Let us understand how to install MySQL with the help of ULN −Linux support many different ways of installing MySQL. One of the methods is installing it from Oracle’s Unbreakable Linux Network, which is also known as ULN.More information about Oracle Linux and ULN can be found here-http://linux.oracle.com/.Install Unbreakable Linux NetworkLet us understand how MySQL can be installed using ULN, i.e Unbreakable Linux Network. To use ULN, a ULN login needs to be obtained.Once this is done, the machine which is used for installation with ULN has to be registered. It supports both community and commercial packages.Community VersionThe community versions ... Read More
Let us understand how to install MySQL on Linux −Linux supports many different solutions to install MySQL. We will see how to install MySQL on Ubuntu 20.02. Following are the steps −Step1 − Open Terminal and enter the following command −Press Enter above and wait for download to complete.Step 2 − Set PasswordUse the mysql_secure_installation command and press enter to set password.Step 3 − Now, enter the MySQL Console using the below commandStep 4 − Display all the databases using the “SHOW DATABASES’ command −Now, start creating a new database and tables in it.
Let us understand how MySQL can be installed on macOS.There is a package that is located inside a disk image (a .dmg) file which needs to be mounted on by double clicking on the icon in the Finder. The next step is to mount the image and display the contents of it.Before installation of MySQL, the user has to ensure that all MySQL server instances have stopped running. This can be done by using the MySQL manager application, which is present on macOS server or the preference pane or by using the mysqladmin shutdown on the command line.MySQL can be ... Read More
Oracle comes with a set of binary distributions of MySQL. This includes generic binary distributions in the form of compressed tar files (files that have a .tar.xz extension) for many platforms, and binaries in platform-specific package formats for specific platforms.MySQL compressed tar file binary distributions have names in the format ‘mysql−VERSION−OS.tar.xz’, where VERSION refers to a number and OS indicates the type of operating system on which the distribution is required to be used.To install a compressed tar file binary distribution, the installation needs to be unpacked into a location that is chosen by user. Debug versions of the mysqld ... Read More
Let us understand how to install MySQL from a source distribution −Building MySQL from sourceYou need the following tools to build and install MySQL from source −GNU needs to be installed so as to uncompress the distribution. Another ‘tar’ should be installed to unpack the distribution.ANSI C++ compiler.A good ‘make’ program. GNU make is recommendedThe below commands need to be executed to install a MySQL source distribution from an unpacked ‘tar’ file −shell> configure shell> make shell> make install shell> scripts/mysql_install_db shell> /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld &If you start from a source RPM, then do the following.shell> rpm −−rebuild MySQL−VERSION.src.rpmThis will ‘make’ a ... Read More
Let us understand how to verify the package integrity of MySQL −Once the MySQl package that suits the user’s requirements has been downloaded, it has to be installed. Before installation, it is to be ensured that the package is intact and hasn’t been tampered with.Check Integrity of packageThere are three ways in which the integrity of the package can be checked. They have been listed below.MD5 checksumsCryptographic signatures with the help of GnuPG, which is the GNU Privacy GuardFor RPM packages, the built-in PRM integrity verification mechanismLet us understand the MD5 checksum method of checking the integrity of the package.MD5 ... Read More
The article lists some of the tools that have been used to create MySQL. This is an important list which has helped mould what MySQl is today.Free Software FoundationThey helped provide an excellent compiler (gcc), an excellent debugger (gdb) and the libc library (from which strto.c has been borrowed to get some code working in Linux).Free Software Foundation & The XEmacs development teamThey have helped provide a really great editor/environment.Julian SewardThey are the author of valgrind, an excellent memory checker tool that helps find a lot of otherwise hard to find bugs in MySQL.Dorothea Lütkehaus and Andreas ZellerThey have helped ... Read More