I’ve written shortly on this before. I like yum; I love apt-get; I prefer not to use them for MySQL installations. I consider a binary tarball to be the best MySQL installation format (source installations being a different case altogether). This article explains why.

MySQL Sandbox is a tool that can install a side instance of MySQL in a few seconds, efficiently, precisely, and without influencing existing installations. Testing new versions can be tedious and error prone. Using MySQL Sandbox, the process of testing single servers or replication systems can be greatly simplified.

If you need to play with a side installation of MySQL, you can use an extra host, or you can use MySQL Sandbox, and install as many as you want in just a few seconds. Come see the magic of an application that can save you time and resources. Single servers, circular, standard, and hierarchical replication, all is available at your fingertips with no effort! Furthermore, the latest version of MySQL Sandbox adds support for port checking, installing from a source directory, cloning, moving, preserving, and deleting sandboxes.

Developing MySQL on Solaris requires you to install a suitable compiler and other tools, but you may be surprised to know that most of the material is there already, or easy to install if it's not. But even more so, there is a huge wealth of information that you can get about your application while it's running, both with and without using more traditional debugging methods. We'll cover setting up a suitable environment, where to find the things you need, and and how to make use of the process monitoring tools and debugging environment to get the best out of development on Solaris generally, and MySQL specifically.

Memcached, and how it fits into the typical MySQL environment. - Note that the video must be downloaded to be able to view it!

Using, installing and working with MySQL on OpenSolaris. - Note that the video must be downloaded to be able to view it!

Developing MySQL on Solaris requires you to install a suitable compiler and other tools, but you may be surprised to know that most of the material is there already, or easy to install if it's not. But even more so, there is a huge wealth of information that you can get about your application while it's running, both with and without using more traditional debugging methods. We'll cover setting up a suitable environment, where to find the things you need, and and how to make use of the process monitoring tools and debugging environment to get the best out of development on Solaris generally, and MySQL specifically.

Memcached, and how it fits into the typical MySQL environment. - Note that the video must be downloaded to be able to view it!

Using, installing and working with MySQL on OpenSolaris. - Note that the video must be downloaded to be able to view it!

If you need to play with a side installation of MySQL, you can use an extra host, or you can use MySQL Sandbox, and install as many as you want in just a few seconds. Come see the magic of an application that can save you time and resources. Single servers, circular, standard, and hierarchical replication, all is available at your fingertips with no effort! Furthermore, the latest version of MySQL Sandbox adds support for port checking, installing from a source directory, cloning, moving, preserving, and deleting sandboxes.