Installation Layout

• When MySQL is installed from a Linux RPM distribution files are placed under the following directories.

  Directory	Contents of Directory
  /usr/bin	Client programs and scripts
  /usr/sbin	The mysqld server
  /var/lib/mysql	Log files, databases
  /usr/share/info	Manual in Info format
  /usr/share/man	Unix manual pages
  /usr/include/mysql	Include (header) files
  /usr/lib/mysql	Libraries
  /usr/share/mysql	Error message and character set files
  /usr/share/sql-bench	Benchmarks

• By default, a source distribution installs files under /usr/local in the following subdirectories:

  Directory	Contents of Directory
  bin	Client programs and scripts
  include/mysql	Include (header) files
  Docs	Manual in Info, CHM formats
  man	Unix manual pages
  lib/mysql	Libraries
  libexec	The mysqld server
  share/mysql	Error message files
  sql-bench	Benchmarks and crash-me test
  var	Databases and log files

What is the difference in layouts?

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