Table of Contents     [+/-]

2.1. MySQL Installation Overview

2.2. Determining your current MySQL version

2.3. Notes for MySQL Enterprise Server     [+/-]

2.3.1. Enterprise Server Distribution Types

2.3.2. Upgrading MySQL Enterprise Server

2.4. Notes for MySQL Community Server     [+/-]

2.4.1. Overview of MySQL Community Server Installation

2.4.2. Operating Systems Supported by MySQL Community Server

2.4.3. Choosing Which MySQL Distribution to Install

2.5. How to Get MySQL

2.6. Verifying Package Integrity Using MD5 Checksums or GnuPG     [+/-]

2.6.1. Verifying the MD5 Checksum

2.6.2. Signature Checking Using GnuPG

2.6.3. Signature Checking Using RPM

2.7. Installation Layouts

2.8. Standard MySQL Installation Using a Binary Distribution

2.9. Installing MySQL on Windows     [+/-]

2.9.1. Choosing An Installation Package

2.9.2. Installing MySQL with the Automated Installer

2.9.3. Using the MySQL Installation Wizard

2.9.4. MySQL Server Instance Configuration Wizard

2.9.5. Installing MySQL from a Noinstall Zip Archive

2.9.6. Extracting the Install Archive

2.9.7. Creating an Option File

2.9.8. Selecting a MySQL Server Type

2.9.9. Starting the Server for the First Time

2.9.10. Starting MySQL from the Windows Command Line

2.9.11. Starting MySQL as a Windows Service

2.9.12. Testing The MySQL Installation

2.9.13. Troubleshooting a MySQL Installation Under Windows

2.9.14. Upgrading MySQL on Windows

2.9.15. MySQL on Windows Compared to MySQL on Unix

2.10. Installing MySQL from RPM Packages on Linux

2.11. Installing MySQL on Mac OS X

2.12. Installing MySQL on Solaris

2.13. Installing MySQL on i5/OS

2.14. Installing MySQL on NetWare

2.15. Installing MySQL from tar.gz Packages on Other Unix-Like Systems

2.16. MySQL Installation Using a Source Distribution     [+/-]

2.16.1. Source Installation Overview

2.16.2. Typical configure Options

2.16.3. Installing from the Development Source Tree

2.16.4. Dealing with Problems Compiling MySQL

2.16.5. MIT-pthreads Notes

2.16.6. Installing MySQL from Source on Windows

2.16.7. Compiling MySQL Clients on Windows

2.17. Post-Installation Setup and Testing     [+/-]

2.17.1. Windows Post-Installation Procedures

2.17.2. Unix Post-Installation Procedures

2.17.3. Securing the Initial MySQL Accounts

2.18. Upgrading or Downgrading MySQL     [+/-]

2.18.1. Upgrading MySQL

2.18.2. Downgrading MySQL

2.18.3. Checking Whether Table Indexes Must Be Rebuilt

2.18.4. Rebuilding or Repairing Tables or Indexes

2.18.5. Copying MySQL Databases to Another Machine

2.19. Operating System-Specific Notes     [+/-]

2.19.1. Linux Notes

2.19.2. Mac OS X Notes

2.19.3. Solaris Notes

2.19.4. BSD Notes

2.19.5. Other Unix Notes

2.19.6. OS/2 Notes

2.20. Environment Variables

2.21. Perl Installation Notes     [+/-]

2.21.1. Installing Perl on Unix

2.21.2. Installing ActiveState Perl on Windows

2.21.3. Problems Using the Perl DBI/DBD Interface