- 9 Installing the InnoDB Plugin
- 9.1 Overview of Installing the InnoDB Plugin
- 9.2 Checking for Compatible Version Levels
- 9.3 Installing the Precompiled InnoDB Plugin as a Shared Library
- 9.4 Building the InnoDB Plugin from Source Code
- 9.5 Configuring the InnoDB Plugin
- 9.6 Frequently Asked Questions about Plugin Installation
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Sometimes, you may wish to build the plugin from the source
code using special compilation options, or there might be no
binary plugin available for your server platform. With the
resulting special version of MySQL containing the new InnoDB
functionality, it is not necessary to INSTALL
any plugins or be concerned about startup parameters that preclude
loading plugins.
To build the InnoDB Plugin from the source code, you also need the MySQL source code and some software tools. You should become familiar with the MySQL manual section on MySQL Installation Using a Source Distribution.
The general steps for building MySQL from source, containing the InnoDB Plugin in place of the standard built-in InnoDB, are as follows:
Download the MySQL source code.
Download the InnoDB Plugin source code.
Replace the source code for the built-in InnoDB with the InnoDB Plugin source tree.
Compile MySQL as usual, generating a new
mysqldexecutable file.Configure the MySQL server by editing the configuration file to use InnoDB as the default engine (if desired) and set appropriate configuration parameters to enable use of new InnoDB Plugin features.
The following sections detail these steps for Linux or Unix systems, and for Microsoft Windows.
This is the User’s Guide for InnoDB Plugin 1.0.6 for MySQL 5.1, generated on March 4, 2010 (rev 673:680M).
