INSTALL.mysql ---------------- - Install a MySQL server and the DBI Perl modules. - Debian: (apt-get install mysql-server libdbd-mysql-perl) - run 'mysqladmin -u root -p create ' - run 'setup/setup.pl' = Possible problems - if connection to localhost is (short) refused, run '/etc/init.d/mysql stop'. '/etc/init.d/mysql start'. - if connection for user is refused, reload grant tables with 'mysqladmin -u root -p reload' * [OPTIONAL] - run 'scripts/dbm2mysql.pl old-db' to convert dbm database file to mysql. ADDITIONAL NOTES: ----------------- You can add a new user manually by connecting to MySQL and performing these commands: $ mysql -u root -p mysql> CREATE DATABASE blootbot; mysql> GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword'; mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON blootbot.* TO 'user'@'localhost'; for the mysql that are on apt the bot (#debian@OPN), they are available at http://emu.res.cmu.edu/~apt/blootbot/apt.sql.bz2