Error
debian:~# ./scripts/mysql_install_db 100315 17:24:41 [ERROR] /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: unknown option '--skip-bdb' 100315 17:24:41 [ERROR] Aborting
Effect
Mysqld won’t install system db
How to Fix
Go to /etc/mysql/my.cnf and comment --skip-bdb
Requirement
GNU C Compiler and other small packages required
debian:~# apt-get install gcc build-essential automake autoconf autoreconf libncurses5-dev
Package :
debian:~# wget http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/mysql-5.1.44.tar.gz
Installation
debian:~# tar -zxvf mysql-5.1.44.tar.gz debian:~# cd mysql-5.1.44/ debian:~/mysql-5.1.44# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql \ --localstatedir=/usr/local/mysql/var \ --with-pthread --with-big-tables debian:~/mysql-5.1.44# make && make install debian:~/mysql-5.1.44# chown -R mysql.mysql /usr/local/mysql debian:~/mysql-5.1.44# cd /usr/local/mysql/share/mysql debian:~/mysql-5.1.44# cp my-small.cnf /etc/my.cnf debian:~/mysql-5.1.44# /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr/local/mysql/ debian:~/mysql-5.1.44# mv /usr/local/mysql/share/mysql/english/ /usr/share/mysql/ debian:~/mysql-5.1.44# /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe & debian:~/mysql-5.1.44#/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'Test
debian:~/mysql-5.1.44# /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root -p Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 3 Server version: 5.1.44 Source distribution Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql>
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