Installing MySQL without Root Access on Linux

1. Download tar.gz file distribution from mysql.com and explode to a directory.

2. From base MySQL directory run:

./scripts/mysql_install_db --datadir=[Base MySQL Directory]/data

3. From base MySQL directory create some scripts for the following commands to start/stop and access command line:

Command to Start:

./bin/mysqld --basedir=[Base MySQL Directory] --datadir=[Base MySQL Directory]/data --log-error=[Base MySQL Directory]/data/mysql.err --pid-file=[Base MySQL Directory]/mysql.pid --socket=[Base MySQL Directory]/thesock --port=3306 &

Command to Stop:

./bin/mysqladmin --socket=[Base MySQL Directory]/thesock shutdown

Command to Access MySQL database:

./bin/mysql --socket=[Base MySQL Directory]/thesock

4. Start loading your data.

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