Chương này mô tả làm thế nào để tải và cài đặt MySQL. MySQL có sẵn cho nhiều loại hệ điều hành mục tiêu. Trong chương này, chúng tôi cung cấp một tổng quan về cách cài đặt MySQL phân phối nhị phân và mã nguồn cho Unix (Solaris và Linux). Hướng dẫn cài đặt lên hệ thống Win32 cũng được cung cấp. | DRAFT 8 17 01 3 Installation This chapter describes how to download and install MySQL. MySQL is available for wide variety of target operating systems. In this chapter we provide an overview of how to install MySQL binary and source distributions for Unix Solaris and Linux . Instructions for installation onto Win32 systems are also provided. Getting prepared Before you begin installing MySQL you must answer a couple of questions. 1. Which version do I want to install This is typically a decision between the latest stable release and the latest development release. In general we recommended that you go with the latest stable release unless you need specific features in a development release that are not available in the stable release. Presently this comes down to a choice between MySQL and MySQL-Max . MySQL-Max is a beta release of the MySQL software with support for transactions via BerkeleyDB and InnoDB tables . The standard MySQL binary does not include support for these types of tables. 2. Do I want to install a binary or source distribution In general we recommend that you install a binary distribution if one is available for your platform. In most cases a binary distribution will be easier to install than a source distribution. We recommend that whenever possible you install from a binary distribution. In general this is the fastest and most reliable way to get MySQL up and running. The MySQL team and contributors have to great lengths to ensure that the binary distributions on their site Copyright 2001 O Reilly Associates Inc. 1 DRAFT 8 17 01 are built with the best possible options. However you may encounter cases where you need to build your MySQL distribution from scratch. For example There are a few reasons that you would need to install a source distribution You are not able to locate a binary distribution for your target system You want to configure MySQL with some combination of options that is not available in any of the binary distributions
