Error running mysql_install_db: could not find ./bin/my_print_defaults

Question

I seem to be having an issue getting MySQL 5.6.1.5 to install from Source. I am running RHEL 6.

I was able to perform the cmake, make, and make install without issues.

I am attempting to run the mysql_install_db binary and when I do I get the following error:

Fatal ERROR: Could not find ./bin/my_print_defaults

If you compiled from source, you need to run 'make install' to copy the software into the correct location ready for operation.

If you are using a binary release, you must either bat at the top level of the extracted archive, or pass the --basedir option pointing to that location.

So I did a check for my_print_defaults using which my_print_defaults, unfortunately it was not found on my machine.

I did a locate my_print_defaults as well just for the heck of it and said it was located in /usr/bin/my_print_defaults, however, when I checked /usr/bin for the binary, it was not actually there.

I would try to use mysql_install_db --basedir=/usr/bin but I know this won't work as the which and locate commands confirm my_print_defaults isn't on my machine.

I looked at mysql_install_db giving error, but that error was not similar to this one.

Answer 1

Please ignore question, I didn't bother to try running find / -name my_print_defaults and found it in /usr/local/mysql/bin/

Answer 2

I searched packages for my_print_defaults with

apt-file search my_print_defaults

If my_print_defaults is missing on your system (which my_print_defaults), first find out which db is installed with:

dpkg -l |grep -E 'maria|mysql'|grep ii|grep server

If you have installed mariadb, try reinstall mariadb:

sudo apt install --reinstall mariadb-server-core-10.1

If you don't find a solution with mariadb, swap back to mysql with

sudo apt install mysql-server