Chapter 5. Running MySQL GUI Tools

Table of Contents

5.1. Running Under Windows
5.2. Running Under Linux
5.3. Running On Mac OS X

How you start any one of the MySQL GUI Tools depends on the operating system you are using.

5.1. Running Under Windows

Under Windows, the names of the executable files in the MySQL GUI Tools suite are:

  • MySQLAdministrator.exe

  • MySQLQueryBrowser.exe

  • MySQLMigrationTool.exe

Start any one of the MySQL GUI Tools by double clicking its desktop icon, or by selecting it from the Start menu. Alternatively, you can open a DOS window and start it from the command line. For example, you could run the MySQL Administrator in the following way:

C:\> "C:\%PROGRAMFILES%\MySQL\MySQL Tools for version\MySQLAdministrator.exe"
        

%PROGRAMFILES% is the default directory for programs on your machine, for example C:\Program Files or C:\programme. If your path contains spaces, you must enclose the command within quotation marks as shown above.

5.2. Running Under Linux

Under Linux, the names of the executable files in the MySQL GUI Tools suite are:

  • mysql-administrator

  • mysql-query-browser

Note

There is no Linux version of MySQL Migration Toolkit.

If you installed MySQL GUI Tools to the /opt directory using the tar archive file, change into the /opt/mysql-gui-tools-version directory to run any one of the MySQL GUI Tools.

To run MySQL Administrator you would type:

shell> ./mysql-administrator
 

However, adding /opt/mysql-gui-tools-version to the PATH variable makes it much simpler to run MySQL GUI Tools — you need not worry about your present working directory.

When installed from RPM files, the MySQL GUI Tools are found in the /usr/bin directory. This directory is usually included in the PATH variable, so running any one of the MySQL GUI Tools simply requires typing the executable file name, regardless of your current directory. For example:

shell> mysql-administrator

For those distributions that create menu items, you may also, of course, start any one of the tools by choosing the menu item.

5.3. Running On Mac OS X

On Mac OS X, navigate to the MySQL GUI Tools installation directory and double-click on the application you wish to start.

Note

There is no Mac OS X version of MySQL Migration Toolkit.