From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 4 14:24:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6047616A4CE for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 14:24:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bilbo.otenet.gr (bilbo.otenet.gr [195.170.0.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8759A43D39 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 14:24:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a198.otenet.gr [212.205.215.198]) i54LOFV7013282; Sat, 5 Jun 2004 00:24:16 +0300 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i54Kr74e002625; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:53:07 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i54Kf6tP002498; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:41:06 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:41:06 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Tom Marsh Message-ID: <20040604204106.GB2340@gothmog.gr> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't see wood for trees X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 21:24:44 -0000 [-- Replies set to freebsd-questions. Please *keep* it that way --] On 2004-06-04 10:31, Tom Marsh 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