Which DIR is the MySQL base directory after yum installed mysql

Question

Seems that I cannot locate mysql DIR only bunch of binary files under /usr/bin

I used yum to install

mysql
mysql-server
mysql-devel

and tried to install mysql and I used /init.d/mysqld to have started it.

But when I want to compile PHP , the option --with-mysql need the base DIR of mysql ...where should I use? /usr/bin?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 13 '13 at 21:17

You should run this command

mysqladmin -uroot variables | grep datadir | sed 's/|/ /g' | awk '{print $2}'

to find the default data directory.

If you cannot login to mysql just yet, you can still run this

which mysqld
which mysqld_safe

to locate the binaries.

Give it a Try !!!

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 21 '11 at 00:25

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Have you tried: /usr/local/mysql/bin?

edited May 21 '11 at 00:25

studiohack

answered May 20 '11 at 23:55

Justin Pearce

no mysql directory under /usr/local – Hao May 23 '11 at 03:45
Did you look in /usr/bin for the binaries? – Justin Pearce May 23 '11 at 18:51
Yes, that's the only place that I thought MySQL yum install had been installed files to.. – Hao May 24 '11 at 06:41
Depending upon the distro and/or package it usually puts things in either /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin. Glad you got it sorted! – Justin Pearce May 24 '11 at 18:43

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