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2.6. Installing MySQL on Solaris

To obtain a binary MySQL distribution for Solaris in tarball or PKG format, http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.4.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”.


User Comments

Posted by Mario Beck on October 22 2009 12:54pm[Delete] [Edit]

With Solaris 10 gtar is usually installed under /usr/sfw/bin/gtar but not included in the path.

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