fedora 15 安装mysql数据库，方法很简单

用fedora 15自带的yum安装方式：
只要在终端里输入：yum -y install mysql-server ，系统自动下载和安装Mysql的，
chkconfig --add mysqld 在服务清单中添加mysql服务
service mysqld start 服务启动
mysqladmin -u root password 'newpassword' 更改密码
mysql -u root -p

Enter password:输入刚才更改的密码

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mysql> show databases; 查询数据库

+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
| test               |
+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> use test; 使用test数据库

mysql> show tables; 查询test数据库所有表
Empty set (0.00 sec)

 

要使数据库支持中文，还要修改一个文件：

vi /etc/my.cnf

增加一项：character_set_server＝utf8