README for mysql 5.1.xx REQUIREMENTS PRE-INSTALL Run the included pre-install script to create a new user/group mysql. POST-INSTALL 1. Fix user/group of your mysql databases and the log file if you are upgrading mysql from 5.0.x: chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql chown mysql:mysql /var/log/mysqld.log 2. run 'mysql_install_db' to build the system database in /var/lib/mysql 3. run 'mysql_upgrade' to add new privileges and features to the MySQL privilege tables if you have 4.x or 3.x databases 4. 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 4.0.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. INNODB InnoDB table type support is compiled in but disabled by default. Comment out the skip-innodb line in /etc/my.cnf to fully enable InnoDB support.