install mysql in home directory

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I need to install mysql in home folder, I am using Ubuntu 12.10. I am trying to install it from binary. I gone through some related posts, but I didn't find any useful post to set the mysql in home folder. How can I do it?

You will have to compile it from sources – hek2mgl Feb 26 '13 at 14:58 — hek2mgl, Feb 26 '13 at 14:58
Do you need the mysql server or the client libs. or both? – hek2mgl Feb 26 '13 at 14:59 — hek2mgl, Feb 26 '13 at 14:59

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '13 at 15:04

If you install mysql from source code you can chose the directory adding the right option when you rum the ./configure command

Here is the guide: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/installing-source-distribution.html Here are the option http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/source-configuration-options.html

The right command should be ./configure --prefix=mypath

install mysql in home directory

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