cmake doesn't work when install mysql

Question

good afternoon,I'm trying to install mysql-5.5.29 source code on ubuntu. but cmake just shows:Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! with out any other tips.

shell> groupadd mysql
shell> useradd -r -g mysql mysql

mkdir -p /var/lib/mysql

apt-get install bison-dev

shell> tar zxvf mysql-VERSION.tar.gz
shell> cd mysql-VERSION
shell> cmake . -CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/local/mysql" \
   -MYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/var/lib/mysql
........
Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

I found it works when I just type

cmake .

but when I using

cmake . -CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/local/mysql" \
-MYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/var/lib/mysql

errors occurred

shell>bison --version
bison (GNU Bison) 2.5

Answer 1

It looks like you're just missing the D from your command line args:

cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/local/mysql" -DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/var/lib/mysql