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2.1.5 Installation Layouts
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This section describes the default layout of the directories created by
installing binary or source distributions provided by MySQL AB. If you
install a distribution provided by another vendor, some other layout
might be used.
On Windows, the default installation directory is `C:\mysql'. With
MySQL version 4.1.5 and higher, this has changed to `C:\Program
Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 4.1', where 4.1 will be the major version of
the installation. The folder has the following subdirectories:
*Directory* *Contents of Directory*
`bin' Client programs and the
`mysqld' server
`data' Log files, databases
`Docs' Documentation
`examples' Example programs and scripts
`include' Include (header) files
`lib' Libraries
`scripts' Utility scripts
`share' Error message files
Installations created from Linux RPM distributions result in files under
the following system directories:
*Directory* *Contents of Directory*
`/usr/bin' Client programs and scripts
`/usr/sbin' The `mysqld' server
`/var/lib/mysql' Log files, databases
`/usr/share/doc/packages' Documentation
`/usr/include/mysql' Include (header) files
`/usr/lib/mysql' Libraries
`/usr/share/mysql' Error message and character set
files
`/usr/share/sql-bench' Benchmarks
On Unix, a `tar' file binary distribution is installed by unpacking it
at the installation location you choose (typically `/usr/local/mysql')
and creates the following directories in that location:
*Directory* *Contents of Directory*
`bin' Client programs and the
`mysqld' server
`data' Log files, databases
`docs' Documentation, ChangeLog
`include' Include (header) files
`lib' Libraries
`scripts' `mysql_install_db'
`share/mysql' Error message files
`sql-bench' Benchmarks
A source distribution is installed after you configure and compile it.
By default, the installation step installs files under `/usr/local', in
the following subdirectories:
*Directory* *Contents of Directory*
`bin' Client programs and scripts
`include/mysql' Include (header) files
`info' Documentation in Info format
`lib/mysql' Libraries
`libexec' The `mysqld' server
`share/mysql' Error message files
`sql-bench' Benchmarks and `crash-me' test
`var' Databases and log files
Within an installation directory, the layout of a source installation
differs from that of a binary installation in the following ways:
* The `mysqld' server is installed in the `libexec' directory rather
than in the `bin' directory.
* The data directory is `var' rather than `data'.
* `mysql_install_db' is installed in the `bin' directory rather than
in the `scripts' directory.
* The header file and library directories are `include/mysql' and
`lib/mysql' rather than `include' and `lib'.
You can create your own binary installation from a compiled source
distribution by executing the `scripts/make_binary_distribution' script
from the top directory of the source distribution.
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