:: What is MySQL
MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. – wikipedia
:: How to install MySQL 5.5 on Linux OpenSUSE
+ install dependency
zypper in cmake gcc gcc-c++ gcc33-c++ bison libaio-devel ncurses-devel wget
+ create user and group
groupadd mysql useradd -r -g mysql mysql
+ download MySQL
wget //dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.5/mysql-5.5.17.tar.gz/from///mysql.mirrors.pair.com/
+ extract and compile MySQL
tar -xzf mysql-5.5.17.tar.gz cd mysql-5.5.17 cmake . make
+ installing MySQL
make install DESTDIR="/usr/local/mysql" make install && make install scripts
+ setup mysql
chown -R mysql.mysql /usr/local/mysql/ cp /usr/local/mysql/support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf /usr/local/mysql/scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql --ldata=/usr/local/mysql/data --basedir=/usr/local/mysql
+ starting mysql
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
+ testing
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql
:: links
+ Google
+ ServerFlux
