README for mysql 5.7.xx REQUIREMENTS PRE-INSTALL Run the included pre-install script to create a new user/group mysql. POST-INSTALL 1. run 'mysql_install_db' to build the system database in /var/lib/mysql 2. run 'mysql_upgrade' to add new privileges and features to the MySQL privilege tables if you have databases created with older versions of mysql 3. Set a password for the mysql root user: mysqladmin -u root password <mysql_root_password> PRECAUTION 1. With the default configuration networking support for mysql is disabled, meaning the mysql daemon is accessable from localhost only. To add networking support comment out the 'skip-networking' line in /etc/my.cnf. 2. If you upgrade from mysql 5.6.x you must recompile the other packages on your system that are linked against the mysql client libraries (libmysqlclient). To obtain such a list of packages for your system, you may use the command 'prt-get dependent mysql' or use yapo to list the packages.