Re: Getting started with MySQL

["Glenn Dixon" <glenn@thedixons.net>]

There's a 3.3 package for that?  Geeze.  I just spent hours manually
installing two recent versions of MySQL only to have them crash when I
attempt to start up the server.  I'll tackle the pkg_add in the morning.

While I'm thinking about it, what's the easiest way to get an index or list
(preferably in alphabetical order) of available packages for 3.3?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-misc@openbsd.org
> [mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org]On Behalf Of
> Richard P. Koett
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 11:35 PM
> To: misc@openbsd.org
> Subject: OT: Getting started with MySQL
>
>
> Dear misc:
>
> I have never done anything with MySQL before. Now I need it to support
> some other software so I started like this (from 3.3 CD):
>
> pkg_add mysql-server-3.23.55.tgz
>
> As expected the package install concluded with some hints about things
> that need doing. I am finding out that a lot more is needed besides
> those hints.
>
> So far I have copied my-small.cnf to /etc/my.cnf and tried running
> /usr/local/share/mysql/mysql.server start which results in
> "Can't start
> server: Bind on unix socket: Permission denied".
>
> I'm finding the included documentation hard to follow. There
> is a lot of
> Linux and other stuff in there, along with references to stuff I can't
> even find like "mysql_install_db".
>
> Would anyone care to recommend a some good resources where I can learn
> how to get a simple install of MySQL running on OpenBSD?
>
> TIA,
> RPK.