CODE: # tar xzvf mysql-standard-5.0.22-linux-i686.tar.gz
# useradd mysql
# mv mysql-standard-5.0.22-linux-i686 /usr/local/mysql
# cd /usr/local/mysql
# scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
# chown -R root .
# chown -R mysql data
# chgrp -R mysql .
# mv data /var/lib/mysql
# ln -s /var/lib/mysql ./data
# cp support-files/my-large.cnf /etc/my.cnf
# bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
# bin/mysqladmin -u root password newpassword_for_root
# bin/mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown
# cp support-files/mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysqld
# chkconfig --add mysqld
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start |