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This section describes the default layout of the directories created by installing binary or source distributions provided by MySQL AB. A distribution provided by another vendor might use a layout different from those shown here.
For MySQL 6.0 on Windows, the default installation
directory is C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
6.0. (Some Windows users prefer to
install in C:\mysql, the directory that
formerly was used as the default. However, the layout of the
subdirectories remains the same.) The installation directory has
the following subdirectories:
| Directory | Contents of Directory |
bin | Client programs and the mysqld server |
data | Log files, databases |
Docs | Manual in CHM format |
examples | Example programs and scripts |
include | Include (header) files |
lib | Libraries |
scripts | Utility scripts |
share | Error message files |
Installations created from MySQL AB's Linux RPM distributions result in files under the following system directories:
| Directory | Contents of Directory |
/usr/bin | Client programs and scripts |
/usr/sbin | The mysqld server |
/var/lib/mysql | Log files, databases |
/usr/share/info | Manual in Info format |
/usr/share/man | Unix manual pages |
/usr/include/mysql | Include (header) files |
/usr/lib/mysql | Libraries |
/usr/share/mysql | Error message and character set files |
/usr/share/sql-bench | Benchmarks |
On Unix, a tar file binary distribution is
installed by unpacking it at the installation location you
choose (typically /usr/local/mysql) and
creates the following directories in that location:
| Directory | Contents of Directory |
bin | Client programs and the mysqld server |
data | Log files, databases |
docs | Manual in Info format |
man | Unix manual pages |
include | Include (header) files |
lib | Libraries |
scripts | mysql_install_db |
share/mysql | Error message files |
sql-bench | Benchmarks |
A source distribution is installed after you configure and
compile it. By default, the installation step installs files
under /usr/local, in the following
subdirectories:
| Directory | Contents of Directory |
bin | Client programs and scripts |
include/mysql | Include (header) files |
Docs | Manual in Info, CHM formats |
man | Unix manual pages |
lib/mysql | Libraries |
libexec | The mysqld server |
share/mysql | Error message files |
sql-bench | Benchmarks and crash-me test |
var | Databases and log files |
Within its installation directory, the layout of a source installation differs from that of a binary installation in the following ways:
The mysqld server is installed in the
libexecdirectory rather than in thebindirectory.The data directory is
varrather thandata.mysql_install_db is installed in the
bindirectory rather than in thescriptsdirectory.The header file and library directories are
include/mysqlandlib/mysqlrather thanincludeandlib.
You can create your own binary installation from a compiled
source distribution by executing the
scripts/make_binary_distribution script
from the top directory of the source distribution.
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User Comments
The solaris package format (.pkg) distrubution unpacks under /opt/mysql/mysql, and makes a link there from /usr/local/mysql
The layout is as the unix layout above.
To note: There is no libmysqlclient.so.?? file installed, needed for the apache php module.
There is mysql.server start/stop script included, automatically put in /etc/init.d but you'll have to add symlinks from rc3.d etcetera yourself.
Notably on Solaris 10, it does not enter itself in the Services list, which has replaced /etc/init.d - you have to run the conversion yourself to get it to autostart at boot.
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