Installing MySQL Using A Source Distribution
- MySQL source distributions are provided as compressed tar archives.
- MySQL source distributions have names of the form
mysql-VERSION.tar.gz.
- Software tools and utilities needed to build and install MySQL from source are:
gunzip to uncompress the distribution.
tar to unpack the distribution.
- ANSI C++ compiler.
- A good
make program.
- GNU make 3.75 or newer is recommended.
What are the commands to installing MySQL from source?
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