gentoo安装mysql数据库方法实例。

1 sudo emerge MySQL

2sudo ebuild /var/db/pkg/dev-db/mysql-5.1.56/mysql-5.1.56.ebuild  config
Password:
* Please provide a password for the mysql ‘root’ user now, in the
* MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD env var or through the /root/.my.cnf file.
* Avoid ["'/_%] characters in the password
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* Retype the password
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* Creating the mysql database and setting proper
* permissions on it …
* Starting mysqld …                                                    [ ok ]
* Setting root password …                                             [ ok ]
* Loading “zoneinfo”, this step may require a few seconds … …       [ ok ]
* Stopping the server …
* Done
3:sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
* Caching service dependencies …                                       [ ok ]
* Starting  …
* Starting  (/etc/mysql/my.cnf)

4:mysql -uroot -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or /g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1
Server version: 5.1.56-log Gentoo Linux mysql-5.1.56

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This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL v2 license

Type ‘help;’ or ‘/h’ for help. Type ‘/c’ to clear the current input statement.

5让系统自动启动

sudo rc-update add mysql default

6

Messages for package dev-db/mysql-5.1.56:

* MySQL MY_DATADIR is /var/lib/mysql
* You might want to run:
* “emerge –config =dev-db/mysql-5.1.56″
* if this is a new install.
* If you are upgrading major versions, you should run the
* mysql_upgrade tool.