Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 140

Formats
--with-unix-socket-
[121]
path
--with-vio
--with-yassl
--with-zlib-dir=no|
[123]
bundled|DIR
--without-PACKAGE
--without-bench
--without-debug
--without-docs
--without-extra-tools
--without-geometry
--without-innodb
--without-libedit
--without-man
--without-ndb-debug
--without-query-cache
--without-readline
--without-server
--without-uca
Some of the
configure
have difficulties building MySQL, see
Many options configure compile-time defaults that can be overridden at server startup. For example,
the [121],
--prefix --with-tcp-port
that configure the default installation base directory location, TCP/IP port number, and Unix socket file
can be changed at server startup with the
options for mysqld.
• To compile just the MySQL client libraries and client programs and not the server, use the
[120]
without-server
shell> ./configure --without-server
If you have no C++ compiler, some client programs such as
they require C++. In this case, you can remove the code in
compiler and then run
MySQL Source-Configuration Options
Description
Where to put the unix-domain
socket
Include the Virtual IO support
Include the yaSSL support
Provide MySQL with
a custom location of
compression library
Do not use PACKAGE
Skip building of the
benchmark suite
Build a production version
without debugging code
Skip building of the
documentation
Skip building utilities in the
tools directory
Do not build geometry-related
parts
Do not include the InnoDB
table handler
Use system libedit instead of
bundled copy
Skip building of the man
pages
Disable special ndb debug
features
Do not build query cache
Use system readline instead
of bundled copy
[120] Only build the client
Skip building of the national
Unicode collations
options available are described here. For options that may be of use if you
Section 2.17.4, "Dealing with Problems Compiling
[121], and
--basedir
option:
with the
./configure
120
Default
with-unix-socket-path
[401], [417], and
--port
cannot be compiled because
mysql
configure
[120]
--without-server
Introduced R emoved
5.0.2
5.0.6
5.0.48
5.0.3
5.0.3
MySQL".
[121] options
[422]
--socket
--
that tests for the C++
option. The compile step