How you start any one of the MySQL GUI Tools depends on the operating system you are using.
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 forversion
\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.
Under Linux, the names of the executable files in the MySQL GUI Tools suite are:
mysql-administrator
mysql-query-browser
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-
directory to run any one of the MySQL GUI Tools.
version
To run MySQL Administrator you would type:
shell> ./mysql-administrator
However, adding
/opt/mysql-gui-tools-
to the version
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.