2.9.6 Installing MySQL from Source on Windows --------------------------------------------- * Menu: * windows-source-build-cmake:: Building MySQL from Source Using CMake and Visual Studio These instructions describe how to build binaries from source for MySQL 5.1 on Windows. Instructions are provided for building binaries from a standard source distribution or from the BitKeeper tree that contains the latest development source. *Note*: The instructions here are strictly for users who want to test MySQL on Microsoft Windows from the latest source distribution or from the BitKeeper tree. For production use, MySQL AB does not advise using a MySQL server built by yourself from source. Normally, it is best to use precompiled binary distributions of MySQL that are built specifically for optimal performance on Windows by MySQL AB. Instructions for installing binary distributions are available in *Note windows-installation::. To build MySQL on Windows from source, you must satisfy the following system, compiler, and resource requirements: * Windows 2000, Windows XP, or newer version. Windows Vista is not supported until Microsoft certifies Visual Studio 2005 on Vista. * CMake, which can be downloaded from `http://www.cmake.org'. After installing, modify your path to include the `cmake' binary. * Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, Visual Studio .Net 2003 (7.1), or Visual Studio 2005 (8.0) compiler system. * If you are using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, you must also install an appropriate Platform SDK. More information and links to downloads for various Windows platforms is available from `http://msdn.microsoft.com/platformsdk/'. * If you are compiling from a BitKeeper tree or making changes to the parser, you need `bison' for Windows, which can be downloaded from `http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bison.htm'. Download the package labeled `Complete package, excluding sources'. After installing the package, modify your path to include the `bison' binary and ensure that this binary is accessible from Visual Studio. * Cygwin might be necessary if you want to run the test script or package the compiled binaries and support files into a Zip archive. (Cygwin is needed only to test or package the distribution, not to build it.) Cygwin is available from `http://cygwin.com'. * 3GB to 5GB of disk space. The exact system requirements can be found here: `http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/Previous/2003/sysreqs/default.aspx' and `http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/sysreqs/default.aspx' You also need a MySQL source distribution for Windows, which can be obtained two ways: * Obtain a source distribution packaged by MySQL AB. These are available from `http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/'. * Package a source distribution yourself from the latest BitKeeper developer source tree. For instructions on pulling the latest source files, see *Note installing-source-tree::. If you find something not working as expected, or you have suggestions about ways to improve the current build process on Windows, please send a message to the `win32' mailing list. See *Note mailing-lists::. File: manual.info, Node: windows-source-build-cmake, Prev: windows-source-build, Up: windows-source-build 2.9.6.1 Building MySQL from Source Using CMake and Visual Studio ................................................................ You can build MySQL on Windows by using a combination of `cmake' and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 (7.1), Micrsofot Visual Studio 2005 (8.0) or Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. You must have the appropriate Microsoft Platform SDK installed. *Note*: To compile from the source code on Windows you must use the standard source distribution (for example, `mysql-5.0.45.tar.gz'). You build from the same distribution as used to build MySQL on Unix, Linux and other platforms. Do _not_ use the Windows Source distributions as they do not contain the necessary configuration script and other files. Follow this procedure to build MySQL: 1. If you are installing from a packaged source distribution, create a work directory (for example, `C:\workdir'), and unpack the source distribution there using `WinZip' or another Windows tool that can read `.zip' files. This directory is the work directory in the following instructions. 2. If you are installing from a BitKeeper tree, the root directory of that tree is the work directory in the following instructions. 3. Using a command shell, navigate to the work directory and run the following command: C:\workdir>win\configure OPTIONS These options are available: * `WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE': Enable the `InnoDB' storage engine. * `WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE': Enable user-defined partitioning. * `WITH_ARCHIVE_STORAGE_ENGINE': Enable the `ARCHIVE' storage engine. * `WITH_BLACKHOLE_STORAGE_ENGINE': Enable the `BLACKHOLE' storage engine. * `WITH_EXAMPLE_STORAGE_ENGINE': Enable the `EXAMPLE' storage engine. * `WITH_FEDERATED_STORAGE_ENGINE': Enable the `FEDERATED' storage engine. * `__NT__': Enable support for named pipes. * `MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX=SUFFIX': Server suffix, default none. * `COMPILATION_COMMENT=COMMENT': Server comment, default "Source distribution". * `MYSQL_TCP_PORT=PORT': Server port, default 3306. * `DISABLE_GRANT_OPTIONS': Disables the `--bootstrap', `--skip-grant-tables', and `--init-file' options for `mysqld'. This option is available as of MySQL 5.1.15. For example (type the command on one line): C:\workdir>win\configure WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX=-pro 4. From the work directory, execute the `win\build-vs8.bat' or `win\build-vs71.bat' file, depending on the version of Visual Studio you have installed. The script invokes CMake, which generates the `mysql.sln' solution file. You can also use `win\build-vs8_x64.bat' to build the 64-bit version of MySQL. However, you cannot build the 64-bit version with Visual Studio Express Edition. You must use Visual Studio 2005 (8.0) or higher. 5. From the work directory, open the generated `mysql.sln' file with Visual Studio and select the proper configuration using the `Configuration' menu. The menu provides `Debug', `Release', `RelwithDebInfo', `MinRelInfo' options. Then select `Solution' > `Build' to build the solution. Remember the configuration that you use in this step. It is important later when you run the test script because that script needs to know which configuration you used. 6. Test the server. The server built using the preceding instructions expects that the MySQL base directory and data directory are `C:\mysql' and `C:\mysql\data' by default. If you want to test your server using the source tree root directory and its data directory as the base directory and data directory, you need to tell the server their pathnames. You can either do this on the command line with the `--basedir' and `--datadir' options, or by placing appropriate options in an option file. (See *Note option-files::.) If you have an existing data directory elsewhere that you want to use, you can specify its pathname instead. When the server is running in standalone fashion or as a service based on your configuration, try to connect to it from the `mysql' interactive command-line utility. You can also run the standard test script, `mysql-test-run.pl'. This script is written in Perl, so you'll need either Cygwin or ActiveState Perl to run it. You may also need to install the modules required by the script. To run the test script, change location into the `mysql-test' directory under the work directory, set the `MTR_VS_CONFIG' environment variable to the configuration you selected earlier (or use the `--vs-config' option), and invoke `mysql-test-run.pl'. For example (using Cygwin and the `bash' shell): shell> `cd mysql-test' shell> `export MTS_VS_CONFIG=debug' shell> `./mysqltest-run.pl --force --timer' shell> `./mysqltest-run.pl --force --timer --ps-protocol' When you are satisfied that the programs you have built are working correctly, stop the server. Now you can install the distribution. One way to do this is to use the `make_win_bin_dist' script in the `scripts' directory of the MySQL source distribution (see *Note make-win-bin-dist::). This is a shell script, so you must have Cygwin installed if you want to use it. It creates a Zip archive of the built executables and support files that you can unpack in the location at which you want to install MySQL. It is also possible to install MySQL by copying directories and files directly: 1. Create the directories where you want to install MySQL. For example, to install into `C:\mysql', use these commands: C:\> mkdir C:\mysql C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\bin C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\data C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\share C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\scripts If you want to compile other clients and link them to MySQL, you should also create several additional directories: C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\include C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\lib C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\lib\debug C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\lib\opt If you want to benchmark MySQL, create this directory: C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\sql-bench Benchmarking requires Perl support. See *Note perl-support::. 2. From the work directory, copy into the `C:\mysql' directory the following directories: C:\> cd \workdir C:\workdir> copy client_release\*.exe C:\mysql\bin C:\workdir> copy client_debug\mysqld.exe C:\mysql\bin\mysqld-debug.exe C:\workdir> xcopy scripts\*.* C:\mysql\scripts /E C:\workdir> xcopy share\*.* C:\mysql\share /E If you want to compile other clients and link them to MySQL, you should also copy several libraries and header files: C:\workdir> copy lib_debug\mysqlclient.lib C:\mysql\lib\debug C:\workdir> copy lib_debug\libmysql.* C:\mysql\lib\debug C:\workdir> copy lib_debug\zlib.* C:\mysql\lib\debug C:\workdir> copy lib_release\mysqlclient.lib C:\mysql\lib\opt C:\workdir> copy lib_release\libmysql.* C:\mysql\lib\opt C:\workdir> copy lib_release\zlib.* C:\mysql\lib\opt C:\workdir> copy include\*.h C:\mysql\include C:\workdir> copy libmysql\libmysql.def C:\mysql\include If you want to benchmark MySQL, you should also do this: C:\workdir> xcopy sql-bench\*.* C:\mysql\bench /E After installation, set up and start the server in the same way as for binary Windows distributions. See *Note windows-installation::. File: manual.info, Node: windows-client-compiling, Prev: windows-source-build, Up: installing-source 2.9.7 Compiling MySQL Clients on Windows ---------------------------------------- In your source files, you should include `my_global.h' before `mysql.h': #include #include `my_global.h' includes any other files needed for Windows compatibility (such as `windows.h') if you compile your program on Windows. You can either link your code with the dynamic `libmysql.lib' library, which is just a wrapper to load in `libmysql.dll' on demand, or link with the static `mysqlclient.lib' library. The MySQL client libraries are compiled as threaded libraries, so you should also compile your code to be multi-threaded.