Hello,

We are trying to build from source MySQL standard ver. 4.2.1 on an Intel-based machine running LINUX FEDORA Core 5 without success Using a binary distribution. No RPMs

Hardware being used: Optiplex GX620 Dell system. Pentium D-based processor and 1 GB of memory. Kernel 2.6.15-1.2045_FC5
The compiler being used is gcc version 4.1.0 20060304
Apache 2.2.3 and PHP 5.1.6 is up and running on the system.
This is a brand new Linux install without any previous installations of MySQL

I proceeded to download and install unzip mysql-standard into the usr/local/ folder ...
The filename is mysql-standard-4.2.1-pc-linux-gnu-i686 –glibc23.tar..gz.

The step where it fails is basically the compilation process.


Steps to reproduce:

shell> groupadd mysql
shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
shell> gunzip < mysql-standard-4.2.1-pc-linux-gnu-i686 –glibc23.tar..gz | tar -xvf -
shell> cd mysql-standard-4.2.1-pc-linux-gnu-i686 –glibc23
shell> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql

At this point I get the following message

root@localhost mysql-standard-4.1.21-pc-linux-gnu-i686-glibc23]# ./configure
--prefix=/usr/local/mysql
NOTE: This is a MySQL binary distribution. It's ready to run, you don't
need to configure it!

To help you a bit, I am now going to create the needed MySQL databases
and start the MySQL server for you. If you run into any trouble, please
consult the MySQL manual, that you can find in the Docs directory.

Installing all prepared tables
Fill help tables

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:
../bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
../bin/mysqladmin -u root -h localhost.localdomain password 'new-password'
See the manual for more instructions.

You can start the MySQL daemon with:
cd . ; ./bin/mysqld_safe &

You can test the MySQL daemon with the benchmarks in the 'sql-bench' directory:
cd sql-bench ; perl run-all-tests

Please report any problems with the ./bin/mysqlbug script!

The latest information about MySQL is available on the web at
http://www.mysql.com
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Starting the mysqld server. You can test that it is up and running
with the command:
../bin/mysqladmin version
[root@localhost mysql-standard-4.1.21-pc-linux-gnu-i686-glibc23]# Starting
mysqld daemon with databases from
/usr/local/mysql-standard-4.1.21-pc-linux-gnu-i686-glibc23/data
STOPPING server from pid file /usr/local/mysql-standard-4.1.21-pc-linux-gnu-i686
-glibc23/data/localhost.loca
ldomain.pid
061012 09:04:35 mysqld ended

[root@localhost mysql-standard-4.1.21-pc-linux-gnu-i686-glibc23]#

I looked at the section Dealing with Problens Compiling MySQL available here
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/...-problems.html
But I wihtout success. I did however, clear the cache by doing:

hell> rm config.cache
shell> make clean

Re-tried again and still no go.

shell> make *causes to generate the following error:

shell> make install * displays the following

shell> /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql & *gives me the following message:

root@localhost bin]# ./mysqld_safe: line 183: my_print_defaults: command not
found
../mysqld_safe: line 188: my_print_defaults: command not found
The file /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld doesn't exist or is not executable
Please do a cd to the mysql installation directory and restart
this script from there as follows:
../bin/mysqld_safe.
See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysqld_safe.html for more
information

I tried MySQL 5.0 with the exact same result.

Anybody has any suggestions?
All we are trying to do is to install apache + php + mysql. Being mysql thelast one we need to get working.

Thanks.