http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/installing-source-distribution.html

参考文章MySQL官方教程

安装后使用supersmack测试记录 对MYSQL进行压力测试 http://blog.csdn.net/pengyouchuan/archive/2010/12/18/6084007.aspx

MySQL5.5源码安装和以前的5.1有区别，5.1使用autotool编译，新版的5.5使用CMake编译

需要先安装cmake

http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html

下载源码包，安装cmake方法和其他的安装相同，解压，配置，编译，安装

按照MySQL官方文档进行，顺利完成，根据自己的datadir安装数据库，我的安装/home/mysql/data下

# Preconfiguration setup

shell> groupadd mysql



shell> useradd -r -g mysql mysql



# Beginning of source-build specific instructions

shell> tar zxvf mysql-VERSION

.tar.gz



shell> cd mysql-VERSION





shell> cmake .



shell> make



shell> make install



# End of source-build specific instructions

# Postinstallation setup

shell> cd /usr/local/mysql



shell> chown -R mysql .



shell> chgrp -R mysql .



shell> scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql



shell> chown -R root .



shell> chown -R mysql data



# Next command is optional

shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf



shell> bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &



# Next command is optional

shell> cp support-files/mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysqld



shell> chkconfig --add mysqld



shell> chkconfig --level 2345 mysqld on



shell> service mysqld start