Installing the MYSQL GUI Tools

Installing MYSql GUI tools

Sometimes using GUI makes things easier since i start out using computer preload with Windows OS.Its somehow a habit and hard to leave the comfort zone.

Download MYSQL GUI tools source files from mysql website
Download the necessary dev tools. The source websites can be found in the 'Read Me' file after expandiing the GUI tools source file.

Install 3 libraries if you are using the SUSE linux:
mySQL-client
sqlclient-dev
intltool

Install these libraries if using slackware
glibmm
gtkmm
libgnomecaps
libgnomeprint
libsigc++

After installing the libraries, enter into the GUI directory and enter these commands
# ./configure
# make
# make install

The above steps work well with SUSE and Fedora. I personally try it out myself. However for slackware users, it is better to download the mysql gui tools from the slackware library rather from the mysql webpage because the former has been update to be compatible with slackware os.
My slackware version may somehow old, but however the steps and concepts should be the same. The difference is just the version.

For slack gui tools, download from here.
They also host prebuilt dependencies which are :
cairomm-1.4.8
glibmm-2.14.2
gtkmm-2.12
libgnomecups-0.2.3
libgnomeprint-2.18
libsigc++2.0.18

They can be download as shown below. These links are provided by bgteddy in linux questions. Thanks to him for helping me in this area.:
cairomm
glibmm
gtkmm
libgnomecups
libgnomeprint
libsigc++


Afterdownload the necessary libraries, install them using the slackbuild and continue installing the mysql tools. Steps to install them, simply follow the steps above for SUSE and FEdora.