[root@localhost ~]# cd /usr/local/mysql

[root@localhost mysql]# chown -R mysql.mysql .

[root@localhost mysql]# su - mysql

[mysql@localhost ~]$ cd /usr/local/mysql

[mysql@localhost mysql]$ scripts/mysql_install_db

Installing MySQL system tables...

OK

Filling help tables...

OK

To start mysqld at boot time you have to copy

support-files/mysql.server to the right place for your system

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER !

To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands:

./bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'

./bin/mysqladmin -u root -h localhost.localdomain password 'new-password'

Alternatively you can run:

./bin/mysql_secure_installation

which will also give you the option of removing the test

databases and anonymous user created by default.  This is

strongly recommended for production servers.

See the manual for more instructions.

You can start the MySQL daemon with:

cd . ; ./bin/mysqld_safe &

You can test the MySQL daemon with mysql-test-run.pl

cd ./mysql-test ; perl mysql-test-run.pl

Please report any problems with the ./bin/mysqlbug script!

[mysql@localhost mysql]$ /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &

[1] 11767

[mysql@localhost mysql]$ 120502 07:01:17 mysqld_safe Logging to '/usr/local/mysql/data/localhost.localdomain.err'.

120502 07:01:17 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data

[mysql@localhost mysql]$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql status

MySQL running (11830)                                     [  OK  ]

[mysql@localhost mysql]$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start

Starting MySQL                                             [  OK  ]