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Installing MySQL on FreeBSD

This section provides information about installing MySQL on variantsof FreeBSD Unix.

You can install MySQL on FreeBSD by using the binary distribution provided by Oracle. For morę

information, see Section 2.2, “Installing MySQL on Unix/Linux Using Generic Binaries”.

The easiest (and preferred) way to install MySQL isto use the mysql-

server and mysql-client

ports available at http://vwwv.freebsd.org/. Using these ports gives you the following benefits:

•    A working MySQL with all optimizations enabled that are known to work on your version of FreeBSD.

•    Automatic configuration and build.

•    Startup Scripts installed in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.

•    The ability to use pkg_info -L to see which files are installed.

•    The ability to use pkg deleteto remove MySQL if you no longer want it on your machinę.

The MySQL build process requires GNU make (gmake) to work. If GNU

make is not available, you

must install it first before compiling MySQL.

To install using the ports system:

•    cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql51-server

•    make

•    cd /usr/ports/dacabases/mysql51-client

•    make

The standard port installation places the server into

/usr/local/libexec/mysqld, with the startup

script forthe MySQL server placed in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-

server.

Some additional notes on the BSD implementation:

•    To remove MySQL after installation using the ports system:

•    cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql51-server H make deinstall

U cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql51-client

•    make deinstall

•    If you get problems with the current datę in MySQL, setting the TZ variable should help. See

Section 2.12, “Environment Variables”.