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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:31:00 +0100
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From: Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: MySQL Installation
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Someone, quite probably MET, once wrote:
>    I was wondering if someone could be so kind as to write up=20
>    directions for installing MySQL that makes sense.=A0 I've read all of=
=20
>    the documentation from their site that I can handle, and can take=20
>    no more.=A0 Simply put I'm a Unix newbie, and their directions are=20
>    definitely for someone with more knowledge than I.=A0 I've just=20
>    installed FreeBSD 4.6, clean install, without any GUI interface,=20
>    CLI strictly.=A0 The purpose of MySQL is for nothing more than a mere=
=20
>    web database (I've been doing PHP + MySQL for years and figured I'd=20
>    give server technology a try).

# cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql323-server
# make
# make install
# make clean

Congratulations :-)

You may want to read the following section of the handbook as it will
make so much of your life easier:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports.html

Kevin
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kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk

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