Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:41:06 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Tom Marsh <ts_marsh@mac.com> Cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't see wood for trees Message-ID: <20040604204106.GB2340@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <FCDCFB77-B609-11D8-A1D5-000A95DBF8B0@mac.com> References: <FCDCFB77-B609-11D8-A1D5-000A95DBF8B0@mac.com>
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On 2004-06-04 10:31, Tom Marsh <ts_marsh@mac.com> wrote:
> But after a successful install (via FTP) of 5.2.1 I'm really starting
> to think that I'm out of my depth.
Nah, the helpful people here at freebsd-questions@freebsd.org will help
you when you feel like you're stuck. You just have to ask in the Right
Way(TM) and provide all the necessary details.
> make installworld falls over (I followed the manual)
What are the exact steps you followed?
> can't get mysql running at all
It's not very hard to install MySQL on FreeBSD. I did it last week,
when I started installing a test platform with apache, mysql and
mod_perl to play around:
root@gothmog:/root# sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysqld.sh start
root@gothmog:/root# ps xa | grep -v grep | grep mysql
2414 p2 S 0:00.02 /bin/sh /home/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --datadi...
2437 p2 S 0:00.26 /home/mysql/bin/mysqld --basedir=/home/mysql...
root@gothmog:/root# sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysqld.sh stop
Killing mysqld with pid 2437
Wait for mysqld to exit done
root@gothmog:/root#
I didn't want to use the mysql port, but even following the installation
instructions of the MySQL source tree was relatively easy. A bit of
tinkering with the mysql users and passwords, and a few minutes latter
all was ready for the build of my mod_perl enabled Apache :-)
How did you try to install MySQL? How did it fail?
> Would I be better off using the 4.10 tree?
Probably. I've been using FreeBSD 5.X for a long time, but 4.X is the
-STABLE branch so sticking with it isn't a bad idea. The right hand
sidebar over at www.FreeBSD.org has a good description of the
differences between 4.X and 5.X -- be sure to check that before picking
your version.
- Giorgos
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