Installing MySQL on Gentoo Linux

Last update on April 27, 2009 06:27 AM by jak58
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Installing MySQL on Gentoo Linux




Installing MySQL on Gentoo distribution is made up of very easy and simple steps:
  • Run the command


emerge dev-db/mysql


This command allows the downloading of packades required to install mysql and installing them.
  • Run the command


emerge --config =dev-db/mysql-[version]



This version allows you to start configuring the server and mysql installed initializing root password.
  • Starting or stopping the server can be done via the command:


/etc/init.d/mysql start/stop



By default installation places the mysql server at startup. To remove it run the command 

rc-update -del mysql


To put it in the start run 
rc-update -add mysql
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