Are you tired of using pre-built packages for installing MySQL? Have you ever wanted to compile and install MySQL from source? If so, this article is for you. In this article, we will cover step-by-step instructions on how to install MySQL from source on your Linux system. By the end of this article, you will have a fully working MySQL installation that was built from source.
Prerequisites
Before we get started with the installation process, we first need to ensure that our system has all the necessary prerequisites required to build MySQL from source. These prerequisites include:
- A Linux-based operating system
- A C/C++ compiler
- CMake
- OpenSSL Development Libraries
- Zlib Development Libraries
Once we have met all the above prerequisites, we can proceed to download and install MySQL from source.
Downloading and Installing MySQL from Source
To download MySQL, we need to head over to the MySQL website and navigate to the downloads section. From there, we can select the source version of MySQL that we want to download. Once we have downloaded the source tarball, we can proceed with the installation process as follows:
- Extract the source tarball
The first step to installing MySQL from source is to extract the source tarball. We can do this by running the following command:
tar -xvf mysql-{version}.tar.gz
Replace {version}
with the version number of the MySQL source that you have downloaded.
- Create a build directory
Once we have extracted the source tarball, we need to create a build directory where we will build MySQL. We can create a build directory by running:
mkdir mysql-build
- Run CMake
Next, we need to run CMake to configure the build process. We can do this by running:
cd mysql-build
cmake ../mysql-{version}
Replace {version}
with the version number of the MySQL source that you have downloaded.
- Build MySQL
Once CMake has configured the build process, we can proceed to build MySQL by running:
make
This will compile MySQL from source. Depending on the speed of your system, this process could take a while.
- Install MySQL
Finally, we can install MySQL by running:
sudo make install
By running this command, MySQL will be installed to /usr/local/mysql
.
Configuring MySQL
Once MySQL has been installed, we need to configure it before we can start using it. This involves creating a configuration file and starting the MySQL service. We can configure MySQL as follows:
- Create a configuration file
We need to create a configuration file for MySQL. We can do this by running the following command:
sudo cp /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysql.server
This will copy a sample MySQL configuration file to /etc/init.d/mysql.server
. We need to modify this file to suit our needs.
- Modify the configuration file
We need to modify the configuration file to set the appropriate permissions, file paths, and startup settings. We can modify the configuration file by opening it in a text editor and making the necessary changes. For example, we may need to change the following settings:
basedir
– the path where MySQL is installed (by default, this is/usr/local/mysql
)datadir
– the path where MySQL data is stored (by default, this is/usr/local/mysql/data
)user
– the user account that will be used to run MySQL
- Start the MySQL service
Once we have modified the configuration file, we can start the MySQL service by running the following command:
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql.server start
This will start the MySQL database server. Once the MySQL service is started, we can connect to it using the mysql
command line tool.
Conclusion
In this article, we covered step-by-step instructions on how to install MySQL from source on a Linux-based operating system. We also covered how to configure MySQL once it has been installed. By following the instructions in this article, you should now have a fully working MySQL installation that was built from source. Happy coding!
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