Slackware Load

Maybe you just installed Slackware Linux and you really wanted to install MySQL.

So you went to MySQL.com and downloaded the latest version. Once you unzipped it and once you compiled it, you realized that the mysqld binary stopped prematurely. What just happened? Well, to make sure that you can fix it, you'll have to try this first:

pkill mysqld

Then, you will have to do

mysql_install_db

Once that is done, you can start mysqld like that..

mysqld_safe &

After doing this, you should be ok. Just press enter and then you can close the shell since it's sent to the background.