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• Add a login user and group for mysqld.

# groupadd mysql
# useradd -g mysql mysql

• Be sure that /tmp directory can be accessed by mysql user.

# chmod -R 777 /tmp

• Choose a directory to unpack the distribution.

# cd /tmp

• Download distribution file. How to Get MySQL

# wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/mysql-5.0.51.tar.gz/from/http://ftp.astral.ro/mirrors/mysql.com/

• Rename downloaded file.

# mv index.html mysql-5.0.51.tar.gz

• Uncompress source archive.

# gunzip < mysql-5.0.51.tar.gz | tar xvf -

• Change the location in unpacked distribution directory.

# cd mysql-5.0.51

• Configure the release and compile everything Typical configure Options

# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --with-low-memory
# make

• Install the distribution.

# make install

• Setup an option file.

# cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf

• Change location in the installation directory.

# cd /usr/local/mysql

• Assign mysql user and group to installed files.

# chown -R mysql .
# chgrp -R mysql .

• Create the mysql data directory and initialize the grant tables.

# bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql

• Add shared libraries and mysql library path.

# ldd /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql
# echo "/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql" >> /etc/ld.so.conf
# ldconfig

• Assing mysql user to data directory.

# chown -R root .
# chown -R mysql var

• Start mysql server.

# bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &

• To start mysql server automaticaly when device is started:

# cp support-files/mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysql
# chmod +x /etc/init.d/mysql
# ln -s /etc/init.d/mysql /etc/init.d/S40mysql

• Test mysql server. Post-Installation Setup and Testing

# bin/mysqladmin version
# bin/mysqladmin variables
# bin/mysqlshow
# bin/mysqlshow mysql
# less /etc/my.cnf 

• Login to the mysqlserver and set root password.

# bin/mysql

SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('newpwd');
SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'HOST_NAME' = PASSWORD('newpwd');
SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'127.0.0.1' = PASSWORD('newpwd');
DROP USER '';
DROP USER ''@'localhost';
DROP USER ''@'HOST_NAME';