From: Claudio Nanni Date: October 15 2010 12:08pm Subject: Re: multiple mysql installations - Install mysql from source with a prefix List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/223338 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf300fae03fdfe4e0492a6adc2 --20cf300fae03fdfe4e0492a6adc2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 hi, do you want to compile or you can use binaries? Claudio 2010/10/15 ml ml > Hello List, > > how do i install mysql COMPLETLY in a diffrent directory? > > Right now i am using: > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql-5.1.42 > --sysconfdir=/usr/local/mysql-5.1.42/etc > > BUT, mysql still looks for /etc/my.cnf and for > /var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.index ... > > So what configure options do i need if i want to install mysql > seperatly in a folder? > Do i also need --datadir? If yes, where sould my data dir be? In > /usr/local/mysql-5.1.42/var? > > Thanks a lot, > Mario > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=claudio.nanni@stripped > > -- Claudio --20cf300fae03fdfe4e0492a6adc2--