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Linux version:

shell> cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.2.0-4-686-pae (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Debian 4.6.3-14) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.2.46-1+deb7u1

Installing MySQL 5.6.14 32-bit.

I mostly followed the installation instructions from http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/unix-postinstallation.html:

shell> dpkg -i /home/user/mysql-5.6.14-debian6.0-i686.deb
shell> groupadd mysql
shell> useradd -r -g mysql mysql
shell> cd /usr/local
shell> ln -s  /opt/mysql/server-5.6/mysql
shell> cd mysql
shell> chown -R mysql .
shell> chgrp -R mysql .

When I run the installation script:

shell> scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr/local/mysql --datadir=/var/lib/mysql

I get this Error:

Installing MySQL system tables...2013-09-26 11:14:20 0 [Warning] Using unique option prefix key_buffer instead of key_buffer_size is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the full name instead.
2013-09-26 11:14:20 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is deprecated. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentation for more details).
2013-09-26 11:14:20 24642 [ERROR] Can't find messagefile '/usr/share/mysql/errmsg.sys'
2013-09-26 11:14:20 24642 [Note] InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
2013-09-26 11:14:20 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
2013-09-26 11:14:20 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
2013-09-26 11:14:20 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO
2013-09-26 11:14:20 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Not using CPU crc32 instructions
2013-09-26 11:14:20 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
2013-09-26 11:14:20 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
2013-09-26 11:14:20 24642 [Note] InnoDB: The first specified data file ./ibdata1 did not exist: a new database to be created!
2013-09-26 11:14:20 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Setting file ./ibdata1 size to 12 MB
2013-09-26 11:14:20 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
2013-09-26 11:14:20 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile101 size to 48 MB
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile1 size to 48 MB
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Renaming log file ./ib_logfile101 to ./ib_logfile0
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Warning] InnoDB: New log files created, LSN=45781
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer not found: creating new
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer created
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] InnoDB: 128 rollback segment(s) are active.
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Warning] InnoDB: Creating foreign key constraint system tables.
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Foreign key constraint system tables created
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Creating tablespace and datafile system tables.
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Tablespace and datafile system tables created.
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Waiting for purge to start
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] InnoDB: 5.6.14 started; log sequence number 0
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [ERROR] Aborting

2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] Binlog end
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] InnoDB: FTS optimize thread exiting.
2013-09-26 11:14:21 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
2013-09-26 11:14:23 24642 [Note] InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1600607
2013-09-26 11:14:23 24642 [Note]

I've tried touch /usr/share/mysql/errmsg.sys with mysql ownership but that doesn't change anything.

I can see that it is writing something to /var/lib/mysql

shell> ll /var/lib/mysql
total 110600
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 12582912 Sep 26 11:14 ibdata1
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 50331648 Sep 26 11:14 ib_logfile0
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 50331648 Sep 26 11:14 ib_logfile1
drwx------ 2 mysql mysql     4096 Sep 26 11:14 mysql
drwx------ 2 mysql mysql     4096 Sep 26 11:14 test

When I try:

shell> bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &

I get the exact same error output.

I just don't know.

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    Why aren't you using the mysql-server package that is provided by Debian? It's probably easier to install and to use, and you won't have to bother with manually installing updates.
    – Martin von Wittich
    Sep 26, 2013 at 17:03
  • You are right. I could and I can. However I want to match the version on my dev box to the production version.
    – shrimpwagon
    Sep 26, 2013 at 17:07
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    It's possible that there's a my.cnf somewhere in your home or in /etc that points mysql to the wrong location (/usr/share/... instead of /usr/local/...) for its share files. Try to add the parameter --no-defaults to your mysql_install_db command line. Source
    – Martin von Wittich
    Sep 26, 2013 at 17:17
  • Yeah, I think your're right. I downloaded 5.7.2-m12, I deleted everything in /etc/mysql, re-ran mysqld_install_db and everything works now. Not sure if it was going to 5.7 that did it or deleting /etc/mysql contents but your're probably right.
    – shrimpwagon
    Sep 26, 2013 at 18:14
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    OK. I re-posted my comment as an answer so you can mark it as accepted to close the question.
    – Martin von Wittich
    Sep 26, 2013 at 18:44

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It's possible that there's a my.cnf somewhere in your home or in /etc that points mysql to the wrong location (/usr/share/... instead of /usr/local/...) for its share files. Try to add the parameter --no-defaults to your mysql_install_db command line. Source

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