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[SIFE]

Salamo ALikom
when i try to build MySQL-5.1 from ports i get this MSG in the attachment .
i wonder why there is no configuration file to set basedir and charset .

 

[phoenix]

What's the output of $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/mysql ?? If that is a symlink, then what is the output of $ ls -l /path/to/whatever (where /path/to/whatever is whatever /usr/local/bin/mysql links to)?

The error message makes it sound like /usr/local/bin/mysql is a symlink that points to another symlink that points to another symlink, and so on. Something is messed up there.

You may need to forcefully uninstall everything relating to mysql, and re-do the install. Something like # pkg_delete -xfi mysql will do the uninstall of every package with "mysql" in the name.

 

[SIFE]

output of ls -l /usr/local/bin/mysql :

lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  mysql  5 Jan  1  2006 /usr/local/bin/mysql -> mysql

You may need to forcefully uninstall everything relating to mysql

there were only mysql.server shell in /usr/local/bin because i was using the binary version from Sun but it was always after some days missed the privilege of root even after log in so i can't create databases when i log in as root .
no privileges in phpMyAdmin

 

[phoenix]

Don't use the binary version. Uninstall that, remove all traces of MySQL from /usr/local/*, and then try to reinstall using the ports.

The problem is that /usr/local/bin/mysql is a symlink that points to ... /usr/local/bin/mysql. Which creates a never-ending loop.

 

[SIFE]

i steall have the some problem after deleting all MySQL trace .

 

[phoenix]

Strange.

Does it work if you install MySQL 5.0 instead of 5.1?

Does it do the same on another system? Just wondering if it's a problem with that specific computer, or with that specific port.

 

[SIFE]

i think only the port because i was i have problem with pidgin but after deinstall and reboot system it is install normally

 

[SIFE]

i fix the problem by deleting /usr/local/bin/mysql ,after the installation is complete i think if i try with mysql51 it will be complete too ,thx Mr phoenix .