MySQL Configuration and Installation - Installing MySQL on Windows from a Source Distribution (
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While compiling MySQL for Windows from the source archive is not something that’s generally recommended—it’s far safer, not to mention easier, to use the provided binaries—it’s certainly doable, assuming you have a copy of the Visual C++ 6.0 compiler (with Service Pack 5 and the preprocessor package). Here’s how it’s done:
- Unzip the source archive to a working directory on your system.
- Launch the Visual C++ compiler, and open the mysql.dsw workspace from the working directory. You should see a window like Figure 3-19.
Figure 3-18. Using the WinMySQLLadmin system tray icon
Figure 3-19. The MySQL workspace in Visual C++
3. Choose Build | Set Active Configuration to obtain a list
of available configurations. Select mysqld – Win32 Release
(see Figure 3-20). Click OK.
4. Begin compiling by pressing the F7 key. The various MySQL
binaries will be compiled—expect the process to take from
20 minutes to an hour, depending
Figure 3-20. Selecting which version of MySQL to build in visual C++
Figure 3-21. Compiling MySQL for Windows in Visual C++
on the capabilities of your machine. During the compilation process, the Visual C++ compiler window will display a series of messages, such as those shown in Figure 3-21.
5. After compilation is complete, create a separate
installation directory to house the compiled binaries—for
example, c:\program files\mysql.
6. Create a bin\ subdirectory under this directory, and move
the compiled libraries and executables into this directory.
While you’re at it, also move the data\, share\, docs\,
and support-files\ directories from the working directory
into this directory.
7. You should now be able to start the MySQL server by diving
into the bin\ subdirectory of your MySQL installation and
launching the MySQL server daemon directly (mysqld.exe
or mysqld-nt.exe).
Once the server has started, proceed to test it as per the instructions in “Testing MySQL,” next.
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