download standard binary distribution
1 tar xzvf MySQL-standard-*.tar.gz to /usr/local //extract package
2 cd /usr/local
ln -s mysql-standard* MySQL //make symbol link
3 cd MySQL
scripts/MySQL_install_db //initialize db
4 bin/MySQLd_safe & //start mySQL Server
5 bin/MySQLadmin -u root password 'newpwd' //change passWord for root
bin/MySQLadmin -u root passWord newpwd //if in Windows
6 bin/mysql -u root -p$pwd //enter MySQL
mysqladmin -u root -p$pwd shutdown //shutdown MySQL
