make command problem with MySql install

Linux and Unix-Like Linux
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Hi, hopefully someone can help me. I am trying to set up LAMP on Fedora 11 starting with MySql. I downloaded the mysql-5.1.40.tar.gz tarball and unpacked it all. This created the mysql-5.1.40 directory. Next I ran the
./configure command.
Following this I ran the make command to compile but got the following:

'No targets specified and no makefile found'

and for the make install command I got:

'No rule to make target install'

Any help on this or how to set up LAMP properly would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Patrick. :b:

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First: why do you want/need to compile MySQL yourself? As far as I know, Fedora has it in it's repositories, which means a (about) 5 minute install, instead of a half-hour compile

Second: are you sure the configure ran completely. If it exited because of a problem, it won't generate a Makefile, and you won't be able to compile.

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Fedora does have it's own repositories and there is no need to compile the sources yourself. This is what you should do

1) Become root by using su -
2) yum install mysql mysql-server
To run your mysql server type:
3) /etc/init.d/mysqld start

I hope this answeres your quesiton.