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Note that before starting this installation procedure, MySQL*must have been sucessfully installed and all the required perl modules must have been installed. I used to provide MySQL installation instructions, but I have found that the installation procedure depends on the specific system you are installing it on. You must use the information in the* MySQL*documentation to install it. In addition, the installation of the required perl modules can vary system to system, and so in some cases you can use CPAN directly, but in others you may have to do the installations manually{*}.
The following instructions must be performed as root
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