Comments - Generic Build Instructions

Here is a quick script I've used to automate the installation of MariaDB 5.3.x on various Debian GNU/Linux systems (run as root):

#!/bin/bash
apt-get update
apt-get install build-essentials
cd /opt/
mkdir mariadb
cd mariadb
wget http://downloads.askmonty.org/f/mariadb-5.3.3-rc/kvm-tarbake-jaunty-x86/mariadb-5.3.3-rc.tar.gz/from/http:/ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb
mv mariadb mariadb-5.3.3-rc.tar.gz
tar -xzf mariadb-5.3.3-rc.tar.gz  
ln -s mariadb-5.3.3-rc latest
cd latest     
mkdir /usr/local/mysql
mkdir /var/run/mysqld
groupadd mysql
useradd -d /usr/local/mysql -s /bin/false -g mysql
chown mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql  
chown mysql:root /var/run/mysqld
apt-get install libncurses5-dev
./configure --disable-distribution --enable-assembler --with-gnu-ld --with-charset=utf8 --with-extra-charsets=none --without-uca --with-pthread --with-mysqld-user=mysql --with-fast-mutexes --with-atomic-ops=smp --with-big-tables --with-libevent=yes --with-mysqlmanager=no --without-man --with-plugins=max-no-ndb --prefix=/usr/local/mysql
make
make test
make install
chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root