Unix/Linux下使用Generic Binaries安装MySQL

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oracle provides a set of binarydistributions of MySQL. These include binary distributions in the form ofcompressed tar files (files with a .tar.gz extension) for a number ofplatforms, as well as binaries in platform-specific package formats forselected platforms.</span>

Warning

If you have previously installed MySQLusing your operating system native package management system, such as yum orapt-get, you may experience problems installing using a native binary. Makesure your previous MySQL previous installation has been removed entirely (usingyour package management system), and that any additional files, such as oldversions of your data files, have also been removed. You should also check theexistence of configuration files such as /etc/my.cnf or the /etc/mysqldirectory have been deleted. 

On Unix, to install a compressed tar filebinary distribution, unpack it at the installation location you choose(typically /usr/local/mysql). This creates the directories shown in thefollowing table.

To install and use a MySQL binarydistribution, the basic command sequence looks like this: 

shell> groupadd mysql
shell> useradd -r -g mysql mysql
shell> cd /usr/local
shell> tar zxvf /path/to/mysql-VERSION-OS.tar.gz
shell> ln -s full-path-to-mysql-VERSION-OS mysql
shell> cd mysql
shell> chown -R mysql .
shell> chgrp -R mysql .
shell> scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
shell> chown -R root .
shell> chown -R mysql data
# Next command is optional
shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf
shell> bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
# Next command is optional
shell> cp support-files/mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysql.server

安装步骤：

1. 进入安装目录，设置相关目录属主

2. 使用scripts目录中的mysql_install_db脚本安装

3. 重新设置相关目录权限

4. 将MySQL配置文件my.cnf拷贝到/etc目录下

5. 启动MySQL

参考：

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/binary-installation.html