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2.1.5 Installation Layouts

This section describes the default layout of the directories created by installing binary or source distributions provided by MySQL AB. If you install a distribution provided by another vendor, some other layout might be used.

On Windows, the default installation directory is `C:\mysql', which has the following subdirectories:

Directory	Contents of Directory
``bin`'	Client programs and the `mysqld` server
``data`'	Log files, databases
``Docs`'	Documentation
``examples`'	Example programs and scripts
``include`'	Include (header) files
``lib`'	Libraries
``scripts`'	Utility scripts
``share`'	Error message files

Installations created from Linux RPM distributions result in files under the following system directories:

Directory	Contents of Directory
``/usr/bin`'	Client programs and scripts
``/usr/sbin`'	The `mysqld` server
``/var/lib/mysql`'	Log files, databases
``/usr/share/doc/packages`'	Documentation
``include`'	Include (header) files
``lib`'	Libraries
``/usr/share/mysql`'	Error message and character set files
``sql-bench`'	Benchmarks

On Unix, a tar file binary distribution is installed by unpacking it at the installation location you choose (typically `/usr/local/mysql') and creates the following directories in that location:

Directory	Contents of Directory
``bin`'	Client programs and the `mysqld` server
``data`'	Log files, databases
``docs`'	Documentation, ChangeLog
``include`'	Include (header) files
``lib`'	Libraries
``scripts`'	`mysql_install_db`
``share/mysql`'	Error message files
``sql-bench`'	Benchmarks

A source distribution is installed after you configure and compile it. By default, the installation step installs files under `/usr/local', in the following subdirectories:

Directory	Contents of Directory
``bin`'	Client programs and scripts
``include/mysql`'	Include (header) files
``info`'	Documentation in Info format
``lib/mysql`'	Libraries
``libexec`'	The `mysqld` server
``share/mysql`'	Error message files
``sql-bench`'	Benchmarks and `crash-me` test
``var`'	Databases and log files

Within an installation directory, the layout of a source installation differs from that of a binary installation in the following ways:

The mysqld server is installed in the `libexec' directory rather than in the `bin' directory.
The data directory is `var' rather than `data'.
mysql_install_db is installed in the `bin' directory rather than in the `scripts' directory.
The header file and library directories are `include/mysql' and `lib/mysql' rather than `include' and `lib'.

You can create your own binary installation from a compiled source distribution by executing the `scripts/make_binary_distribution' script from the top directory of the source distribution.