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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 is 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
libexecdirectory rather than in thebindirectory.The data directory is
varrather thandata.mysql_install_db is installed in the
bindirectory rather than in thescriptsdirectory.The header file and library directories are
include/mysqlandlib/mysqlrather thanincludeandlib.
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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