3.1 Overview of MySQL Programs
MySQL AB provides several types of programs:The MYSQL server and server startup scripts:Chapter 4, "Database Administration."Client programs that access the server:Chapter 7, "MySQL Client and Utility Programs."Utility programs that operate independently of the server:Chapter 4, "Database Administration." The other programs are discussed in Chapter 7, "MySQL Client and Utility Programs."Most MySQL distributions include all of these programs, except for those programs that are platform-specific. (For example, the server startup scripts are not used on Windows.) The exception is that RPM distributions are more specialized. There is one RPM for the server, another for the client programs, and so forth. If you appear to be missing one or more programs, see Chapter 2, "Installing MySQL," for information on types of distributions and what they contain. It may be that you need to install something else.