Re: mysql-installer-community-5.5.29.0.msi installs MySQL Server 5.5 into "C:\Program Files\Canon\Easy-WebPrint EX"
Hi there,
I'm still struggling... found a few other issues concerning the universal installer - it doesn't know 32 bit from 64 bit! (by the way, I am running on 32 bit Windows 7 Professional)
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As you might already have noticed, I reboot before install/uninstall, whenever some changes were made to the registry or temporary files - this way I have a clean beginning so I know, what is the reason for any given change.
The installer flooded my registry a few times (didn't uninstall properly) so now I remove the installer using the Windows Control Panel > Programs and Features > MySQL Installer > Uninstall - this seems to be more reliable but I still go through the registry to do a manual cleanup, searching for "C:\ProgramData\MySQL" and "C:\Program Files\MySQL" - sometimes it just doesn't clean up everything...
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mysql-installer-community-5.5.29.0.msi first installs itself into C:\Program Files\MySQL (it would have been nice to ask for prefered install-dir first) and unpacks its internal msi-installers into "C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Installer\Product Cache"
Then I am asked (by Windows) if I will allow the following program to makes changes on my computer: "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Installer\MySQLInstaller.exe" mysql-5.5-win64
My computer runs on 32 bit Windows 7, so I said No
At this point I decided to go through the process manually, using the installer's 32 bit msi-installers.
(using Windows Explorer) Browse to "C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Installer\Product Cache" and doubleclick mysql-5.5.29-win32.msi
MySQL Server 5.5 Setup Wizard is running > Accept Licence agreement > Costom Installation and BINGO!!
The default location is initially "C:\Program Files\Canon\Easy-WebPrint EX" (I still wonder where that came from??)
Now I have the opportunity to set the location right! :-D
MySQL Server 5.5 Setup Wizard went on installing > then some Enterprise Edition advertising > Checkbox (checked): Launch the MySQL Instance Configuration Wizard (clicked the Finish button) >
(Windows: ) "Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?: C:Dev\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\MySQLInstanceConfig.exe"
My choice: Yes, please do! :-)
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Arhhh, but then I realized that the datadir is placed without the possibility to specify its location (did Imiss something??) - and even though the installation created and published (C:Dev\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\data with the right content) my datadir now resides in "C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\data", which is OUTSIDE my specified folder. :-(
By searching the registry for "C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\", I found 13 entries referring to that location... do I dare to google this one and risk even more work?
Well, I was not in the mood for another reinstall - and since the datadir was already in place, I pushed my luck - I stopped the service, corrected my.ini and restarted the service. Voila! It works... so this leaded to a very dirty hack - i changed the path directly in my registry on all 13 locations (about the same level of ugliness as the installer that messed up my registry in the first place).
Now I have a MySQL running where I want it to be! ...and after yet another reboot ;-), I deleted "C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5" as well.
Now I just need the rest of the package - think I might just run the universal installer's 32 bit msi-installers - I wonder what happens if I move "C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Installer" to "C:\Dev\MySQL\MySQL Installer" - maybe that will work for me and put everything in the right place...
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OK, there's been ups and downs - I know you guys do a great effort to automate the installation for me, but please, do test properly before releasing - this is annoying and creates far more work than a noinstall-zip + step-by-step instructions.
The initial problem might have be burried inside mysql-5.5.29-win32.msi - or was it this msi-installer that installed on my disk in the first place?? ...or is it more generically placed in some central perl-script deep inside all packages?
I hope this is usefull to somebody out there on the bleeding edge (at least i'm bleeding ;-))
Best regards