Creation date: 2004.05.18 Last revision: 2004.07.29 ************************************************* ** Installing the mysql bibliographic database ** ************************************************* 1) untar/unzip bibus: prompt> tar -zxf bibus-0.8.tgz 2) cd bibus-0.8/Docs/db_models You will find in this directory two databases: - mysql.sql 3) If you want to use MySQL. Use your prefered way to talk to MySQL, either using a graphical interface like MySQLcc or the terminal application mysql, or any other means. a) create a database in MySQL, named for instance 'Biblio'. mysql> create database Biblio; b) you must have the following GRANTS to use the database : select,update,insert,delete,create temporary table c) create the database tables using the database suplied in Bibus/Docs/db_models (mysql.sql) and for instance mysql program: mysql -p Biblio < mysql.sql depending on your GRANTS you may need to run this command as root (the root of MySQL) mysql -u root -p Biblio < mysql.sql d) The database is now ready.