Most common error in MySql binary installation is
/usr/local/mysql# scripts/mysql_install_db –user=mysql
FATAL ERROR: Could not find mysqldThe following directories were searched:/usr/libexec/usr/sbin/usr/binIf you compiled from source, you need to run ‘make install’ tocopy the software into the correct location ready for operation.If you are using a binary release, you must either be at the toplevel of the extracted archive, or pass the –basedir optionpointing to that location.
Assuming you are installing the MySql binaries into /usr/local using following commands
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
Now try with the –basedir option as shown below
scripts/mysql_install_db –user=mysql –basedir=/usr/local/mysql
The next probable error is
Installing MySQL system tables…
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: error while loading shared libraries: libaio.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Type the following command
sudo apt-get install libaio1
apt-get install libaio-dev
scripts/mysql_install_db –user=mysql –basedir=/usr/local/mysql
you will get the message
Installing MySQL system tables…
OK
Filling help tables…
OK
To start mysqld at boot time you have to copy
support-files/mysql.server to the right place for your system
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER !
To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands:
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password ‘new-password’
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h rohit-Pc password ‘new-password’
Alternatively you can run:
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_secure_installation
which will also give you the option of removing the test
databases and anonymous user created by default. This is
strongly recommended for production servers.
See the manual for more instructions.
You can start the MySQL daemon with:
cd /usr/local/mysql ; /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe &
You can test the MySQL daemon with mysql-test-run.pl
cd /usr/local/mysql/mysql-test ; perl mysql-test-run.pl
Please report any problems with the /usr/local/mysql/scripts/mysqlbug script!
