To obtain a binary MySQL distribution for Solaris in tarball or PKG format, http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html.
If you install MySQL using a binary tarball distribution on Solaris, you may run into trouble even before you get the MySQL distribution unpacked, as the Solaris tar cannot handle long file names. This means that you may see errors when you try to unpack MySQL.
If this occurs, you must use GNU tar (gtar) to unpack the distribution.
You can install MySQL on Solaris using a binary package in PKG
format instead of the binary tarball distribution. Before
installing using the binary PKG format, you should create the
mysql
user and group, for example:
groupadd mysql useradd -g mysql mysql
Some basic PKG-handling commands follow:
To add a package:
pkgadd -d package_name
.pkg
To remove a package:
pkgrm package_name
To get a full list of installed packages:
pkginfo
To get detailed information for a package:
pkginfo -l package_name
To list the files belonging to a package:
pkgchk -v package_name
To get packaging information for an arbitrary file:
pkgchk -l -p file_name
For additional information about installing MySQL on Solaris, see Section 2.13.3, “Solaris Notes”.
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With Solaris 10 gtar is usually installed under /usr/sfw/bin/gtar but not included in the path.
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