From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 24 21:09:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E808E16A41F for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:09:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from randalar@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F89543D48 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:09:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from randalar@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 9so40619nzo for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:09:37 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Y9U17W/cJk69imdTH9vCaXDWZVMk+sjHR+p8wux8b2EgNSp3uIC4/5EWAhr+plrVkNJbbh7GAaMPdtT3YUO8SkiJXtfoSkt+rOux4ZC4zkZG9vTF1dFLskRe3ZMaX49f4IVE8PcMG1TysrrbI9mv4x16uK/UtihS8hlCMJgDjqs= Received: by 10.54.10.49 with SMTP id 49mr232174wrj; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:09:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.99.18 with HTTP; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:09:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4564bbf2050924140942b8b5e6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:09:37 -0500 From: Joe Graham To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4564bbf205092413545101f0f1@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4564bbf205092413161cb86d75@mail.gmail.com> <6.2.3.4.2.20050924132414.064d4bd0@cobalt.antimatter.net> <4564bbf205092413545101f0f1@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Help! Stupid Newbie Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Joe Graham List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:09:39 -0000 On 9/24/05, Glenn Dawson wrote: > > At 01:16 PM 9/24/2005, Joe Graham wrote: > >Hello, > > I've been playing off and on with FreeBSD for a bit of time now, but I > >would still consider myself a relative newbie. I've read enough and > played > >enough to know how to install applications from ports (e.g., I was able > to > >successfully install Moria just by reading the pages I could find). My > >latest endeavor has been to attempt to install MySQL. I've recently > >installed FreeBSD 5.9 on my system, > > 5.9? Maybe you meant 4.9? If so, you'd be better off with a newer version= . Erp, I meant 5.4. I had recently been under 4.9 and moved up to 5.4. Apparantly my brain broke for a few minutes. :) Thanks! > and was attempting to use the ports > >directory to install it. After going to > /usr/ports/databases/mysql40-server > >(mysql50-server failed, couldn't find the file anywhere to download > >apparantly) and running make then make install, I've come across a > hurdle. > >The hurdle is rather embarrassing, but is sort of simple (and likely > obvious > >to te guys on this list). How do I get the server software to run? I kno= w > I > >can't use mysql the client until the server software is running, but I > dunno > >the proper steps to take. > > If the port you installed was relatively recent, you just need > mysql_enable=3D"YES" in your rc.conf. > > If it's an older port, look for a sample startup script in > /usr/local/etc/rc.d. You just need to rename it so that it ends in > .sh and it will start at boot time. > > -Glenn Thanks Glenn, I'll try that right now.