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Building MySQL 5.x
The instructions provided below specify the steps to build MySQL version 5.7.44 on Linux on IBM Z for the following distributions:
- RHEL (7.8, 7.9)
- SLES 12 SP5
General Notes:
- When following the steps below please use a standard permission user unless otherwise specified.
- A directory
/<source_root>/
will be referred to in these instructions, this is a temporary writable directory anywhere you'd like to place it.
Building MySQL
Step 1: Build using script
If you want to build MySQL using manual steps, go to Step 2.
Use the following commands to build MySQL using the build script. Please make sure you have wget installed.
wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linux-on-ibm-z/scripts/master/MySQL/5.7.44/build_mysql.sh
# Build MySQL
bash build_mysql.sh [Provide -t option for executing build with tests]
If the build completes successfully, go to STEP 4. In case of error, check logs
for more details or go to STEP 2 to follow manual build steps.
Step 2: Install the dependencies
export SOURCE_ROOT=/<source_root>/
-
RHEL (7.8, 7.9)
sudo yum install -y bison cmake gcc gcc-c++ git hostname make ncurses-devel openssl openssl-devel
-
SLES 12 SP5
sudo zypper install -y bison cmake gawk gcc gcc-c++ git-core libopenssl-devel make libyui-ncurses-devel
Step 3: Build MySQL
3.1) Download the MySQL source code from Github
cd $SOURCE_ROOT
git clone https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server
cd mysql-server
git checkout mysql-5.7.44
mkdir build
cd build
3.2) Configure MySQL
cmake .. -DDOWNLOAD_BOOST=1 -DWITH_BOOST=. -DWITH_SSL=system
Note: For more MySQL source configuration options, please visit their official guide.
3.3) Build and Install MySQL
make
sudo make install
3.4) Run unit tests (Optional)
The testing should take only a few seconds.
make test
Step 4: Post installation setup (Optional)
Refer to this guide for the Postinstallation Setup and Testing overview.
Clean up (Optional)
cd $SOURCE_ROOT
rm -rf mysql-server
References:
- https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/ - MySQL 5.7 Reference Manual
- https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/source-installation.html - Installing MySQL from Source