shell> groupadd mysql
shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
shell> gunzip < mysql-VERSION.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
shell> cd mysql-VERSION
shell> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql
shell> make
shell> make install
shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf
shell> cd /usr/local/mysql
shell> bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
shell> chown -R root .
shell> chown -R mysql var
shell> chgrp -R mysql .
shell> bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
设置密码的时候提示这个。。
[root@localhost sql-bench]# /usr/local/mysql//bin/mysqladmin -u root password 123456
/usr/local/mysql//bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/usr/local/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/usr/local/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock' exists!