Hi Barry…

I know I’m gonna regret this as soon as I ask it…

What distro???

Getting mysql to work on yum/apt based distros has been as simple as 
yum/apt-get install mysql-server for a few years now, so I’m not even sure 
where to start with your question… :-)

Cheers, Chris H.


> On 29/05/2015, at 9:32 pm, Barry <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi all could someone please elucidate for me on what is happening when I try 
> to set up mysql.
> 
> As root I cd to /usr, then run ./bin/mysql_install_db --general-log. this 
> returns 'Installing MariaDB/MySQL system tables in '/var/lib/mysql' ...' but 
> nothing turns up there!

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