It dawned on me that most folks are using the Installer these days.
As I need quick access to every MySQL version, using an Installer is never an option.
And for folks wanting 100% control over their setups, they may not want an installer doing things.
So this shows how to setup an instance manually.
- download non-installer .zip version from dev.mysql.com
- create a directory c:\mysql and c:\mysql\tmp
- unzip the .zip into c:\mysql
- move the data directory into c:\mysql for easier future upgrades
- create a basic my.ini
- install the service
- start the service
Here I'll show each step with more detail. I purposely leave out things like post-installation security, to keep it simple.
1. Create a directory.
Decide where you will put the installation and datadir. I use c:\mysql and c:\mysql\data
since I truly despise the "windows way" with long paths such as "c:\Program Files\MySQL Server 5.6" ...
C:\>mkdir mysql
C:\>cd mysql
C:\mysql>mkdir tmp
C:\mysql>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 802E-2730
Directory of C:\mysql
2014/08/01 09:31 <DIR> .
2014/08/01 09:31 <DIR> ..
2014/08/01 09:31 <DIR> tmp
0 File(s) 0 bytes
3 Dir(s) 74 040 700 928 bytes free
2. Download the non-installer .zip version.
Use a browser to download the latest version, for example:
3. Extract the zip file.
I use 7zip or winrar, but windows explorer can also be used to extract the .zip file right here.
4. Move the data directory
The non-installer .zip comes with a data directory which I will use in this installation.
As you might want to upgrade the instance later, I prefer to put the datadir a separate location to the version just downloaded.
C:\mysql>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 802E-2730
Directory of C:\mysql
2014/08/01 08:11 <DIR> .
2014/08/01 08:11 <DIR> ..
2014/08/01 08:11 <DIR> tmp
2014/08/01 08:11 <DIR> mysql-5.6.20-win32
2014/08/01 07:52 353 970 000 mysql-5.6.20-win32.zip
1 File(s) 353 970 000 bytes
4 Dir(s) 73 969 897 472 bytes free
C:\mysql>move mysql-5.6.20-win32\data data
1 dir(s) moved.
5. Write the my.ini.
I'll keep the my.ini in the datadir, to lesson complexity.
C:\mysql>notepad data\my.ini
C:\mysql>type data\my.ini
[mysqld]
datadir=c:/mysql/data
tmpdir=c:/mysql/tmp
log-error=c:/mysql/data/mysql.err
port=3306
slow-start-timeout=0
log-warnings=2
6. Install mysqld as a service.
This part seems confusing due to the options used. To keep things clear, I use a specific service name for each version, so that I know what it is later.
You must be running cmd.exe as an administrative user to do this.
C:\mysql>cd mysql-5.6.20-win32
C:\mysql\mysql-5.6.20-win32>cd bin
C:\mysql\mysql-5.6.20-win32\bin>mysqld.exe --install MySQL_5620 --defaults-file=c:/mysql/data/my.ini --local-service
Service successfully installed.
C:\mysql\mysql-5.6.20-win32\bin>cd..\..\
7. Start the service.
C:\mysql>sc start MySQL_5620
SERVICE_NAME: MySQL_5620
TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
STATE : 2 START_PENDING
(NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN)
WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
CHECKPOINT : 0x1
WAIT_HINT : 0x1f40
PID : 4352
FLAGS :
If you have larger innodb settings, give it a few seconds/minutes to start, then check it.
C:\mysql>mysql-5.6.20-win32\bin\mysql.exe --no-defaults -h127.0.0.1 -uroot -P3306
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1
Server version: 5.6.20 MySQL Community Server (GPL)
Copyright (c) 2000, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> \s
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mysql-5.6.20-win32\bin\mysql.exe Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.20, for Win32 (x86)
Connection id: 1
Current database:
Current user: root@localhost
SSL: Not in use
Using delimiter: ;
Server version: 5.6.20 MySQL Community Server (GPL)
Protocol version: 10
Connection: 127.0.0.1 via TCP/IP
Server characterset: latin1
Db characterset: latin1
Client characterset: cp850
Conn. characterset: cp850
TCP port: 3306
Uptime: 2 min 37 sec
Threads: 1 Questions: 5 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 67 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 60 Queries per second avg: 0.031
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The way I personally stay sane with >50 versions on my machine is to follow simple rules:
- not any MySQL products 'installed' on my work machine.
- not any global my.cnf and my.ini lurking around.
- always use --no-defaults when running mysql programs, in case I broke the last rule.
- not any mysql program in the path.
Note, the manual pages cover everything here, and even more verbosely.
The reason I prefer this method is that upgrades are generally easier. You simply download the next 5.6.21, extract it, delete the existing MySQL_5620 service, create a new MySQL_5621 service using same command, and run mysql_upgrade once it's started.
