In 2004 as a noob I figured out how to install mysql from pre-compiled binary downloaded from mysql.com. And I've set up other machines since. Since January 2010 I've been setting up about 4 or 5 VPS environments and it seems like every time installing mysql is getting more and more difficult. Is anyone else feeling this way?
Here's today's events:
mysql 5.1.50 pre-compiled binary has a bug that it wants you to run an update, but mysqld must be running, but it won't run until you've run the update :bemused:
mysql 5.1.51 pre-compiled, seems to go OK except they seem to have changed the files and organization but have not updated the how-to documentation that comes w/ the distribution, so, chicken that I am I figure I'll stick w/ an old known-working release :glare:
mysql 5.0.45 hey when all else fails use the same version I installed in my test environment...it complians that files are missing that clearly are present, wtf? :mad:
compile 5.1.51 from source, get an error running post-install script (the one that creates system tables) saying it can't create some file called /tmp/gobbledygunk, and I can't figure out why...other people seem to be having the same problem but I've not seen a resolution posted anywhere :xbones:
I'm going to try my luck w/ the pre-compiled 5.1.51 binary again tomorrow.
BTW, I'm doing this on Debian/Lenny distribution at slicehost.com.
