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
MySQLWorkbench.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
mysql-workbench
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.