John Jacques wrote:
>
> Hello, I'm running slackware 4.0 on a pentium.
>
> I first tried the binary i686, but even thought it seem to install
> succesfully, I could not get the mysqld running and could not find where
> it put the files.
>
> So, I tried the source and it installed everything wherever it wanted
> too and I spent an hour makeing links to this and that and copying files
> around. A real mess.
>
> I just removed all the files and links and am ready to start over again.
> How do I tell it to install in the default directories that are defined
> in the user manual?
>
> thanks
> John Jacques
> johnjac@stripped
>
Try configure --with-prefix=/usr/local/mysql
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