Re: Installing Mysql

["prabu" <prabu333 () hotpop com>]

Hi,

> Is it possible to install mysql or compile in other location apart from /usr/local by making changes according during 
> installation. Since my /usr partition is getting 100% >full becoz of which my snort does not function.



Yes,but can specfiy the location,where you want to install the mysql binaries as PREFIX switch to the configure script.

ie, #./configure --prefix=/path/where/you/want/to/install.



> Also , I could find some log files created in /usr/local/mysql/var  which seen to be occupying space can these be 
> removed 

Yes,logs are for your referene,so you can remove them or you can rotate logs to save spaces.





Senthil Prabu.S

Software Engineer,

www.visolve.com


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