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How do I upgrade MySQL to 5.5, am I best off waiting for it to be available through apt-get?
How do i build MySql server? i was hoping for ./configure;make;make install
but it doesnt seem to be that easy. Basically i want the default settings (as you would get on the distro or even in windows) and doing this to get a newer version (5.0 to 5.5).