mysql5-server install - FATAL ERROR: Could not find fill_help_tables.sql inside --basedir

[Chris Janton]

On 2009-07-09 , at 13:59 , Bill Hernandez wrote:

> TRY THE PRIMARY METHOD :
> [2009.22.06](07:59AM) -> [roscoe] ~	 $ sudo -u mysql mysql_install_db5
> Password:


what happens if you try

  sudo -u mysql mysql_install_db5 --basedir=/opt/local/share/mysql5/ 
mysql

also - on my 10.5.x system the mysql username (already there from  
Apple) is

	_mysql

note the leading underscore.

8)
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