Creating A Portable MySQL On CentOS 6 And Ubuntu 11.10 Linux From Sources

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 1, 2012

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“This tutorial shows how to create a portable MySQL installation
on GNU/Linux. It applies to: MySQL 5.5.19, CentOS 6.x / Ubuntu
11.10 Oneiric Ocelot.

“At the end of this guide you will obtain a portable MySQL
installation on a target directory with its own databases,
binaries, logs, pid files, etc. Consider always the use of a
permission preserving packaging (like TAR) for moving the
installation between systems or removable storages.”


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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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