Chapter 11. MySQL Installation and Configuration

This chapter discusses issues involved in setting up and configuring MySQL:

• Running MySQL on Windows

• Running MySQL on Unix and Unix-like systems such as Linux

• Selecting the proper runtime configuration options

• Reasons to compile MySQL from a source distribution rather than using a precompiled binary distribution

• Upgrading an older installation to a newer version of MySQL

• Configuring your operating system and hardware to make MySQL perform better

Questions on the material in this chapter make up approximately 20% of the exam.

This study guide covers general installation principles and procedures, not details specific to a particular variety of Windows or Unix. For those kinds of details, see the installation chapter in the MySQL Reference Manual.

You can get any distribution files you need from http://www.mysql.com, the MySQL AB Web site.