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fungazid fungazid wrote: > 1) cygwin is installed under C:\cygwin folde. > 2) I unpacked mysql linux source to C:\cygwin\home. > 3) I CD to the new folder > (C:\cygwin\home\mysql-5.0.37). > 4) run the command: > ./configure --prefix=/home/mysql-5.0.37 > --without-server You're configuring with a prefix that is the same as srcdir. That's completely nonsensical. --prefix is the root of where the files should be installed, typically /usr/local. Don't set it to the directory where you unpacked the sources. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/