Installing MySQL on Windows
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I am trying to install MySQL 4.0.12 on Windows 2000. I am getting very frustrated as I thought this would be simple. What a fool I was. :mad: Can someone help me out? The current problem is that the MySQL installation instructions for Windows do not mention anything about requiring Cygwin, but scripts like bin/mysqlinstall_db.sh aren't going to run unless Cygwin or something like it are present, no? So, 1. Does one need Cygwin on Windows 2000 to install MySQL, and if not, what does one do when one encounters instructions like "run mysqlinstall_db.sh" in the install notes, and 2. is there a set of instructions for installing MySQL on Windows that is better than the manual that comes with the MySQL dsitribution? Andrew
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I am trying to install MySQL 4.0.12 on Windows 2000. I am getting very frustrated as I thought this would be simple. What a fool I was. :mad: Can someone help me out? The current problem is that the MySQL installation instructions for Windows do not mention anything about requiring Cygwin, but scripts like bin/mysqlinstall_db.sh aren't going to run unless Cygwin or something like it are present, no? So, 1. Does one need Cygwin on Windows 2000 to install MySQL, and if not, what does one do when one encounters instructions like "run mysqlinstall_db.sh" in the install notes, and 2. is there a set of instructions for installing MySQL on Windows that is better than the manual that comes with the MySQL dsitribution? Andrew
From http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-4.0.html[^]: The Windows download contains both the Standard and Max server binaries. It also contains a version of the command-line client which uses the Cygwin library to provide command history and editing. MySQL provides a link to the Cygwin that they use: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/cygwin.html[^]
Jon Sagara
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I am trying to install MySQL 4.0.12 on Windows 2000. I am getting very frustrated as I thought this would be simple. What a fool I was. :mad: Can someone help me out? The current problem is that the MySQL installation instructions for Windows do not mention anything about requiring Cygwin, but scripts like bin/mysqlinstall_db.sh aren't going to run unless Cygwin or something like it are present, no? So, 1. Does one need Cygwin on Windows 2000 to install MySQL, and if not, what does one do when one encounters instructions like "run mysqlinstall_db.sh" in the install notes, and 2. is there a set of instructions for installing MySQL on Windows that is better than the manual that comes with the MySQL dsitribution? Andrew
Hi, Simply download the Windows Binaries, install it and that's all. You don't need Cygwin unless you want to compile MySQL by yourself. JM. Molina Web: http://goa.ifrance.com