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mbzdb (previously named MB_MySQL) allows the MusicBrainz database to run on web servers and home computers.
- Completely automated install process that will create the schema, download the database, load the tables, create the indexes and initialise the plugins.
- Update script that uses the MusicBrainz hourly replications to keep your database up to date.
- Plug-in support allows you to add your own plugins that are triggered by different replication events.
- Works on Windows 1, Mac, Linux and Unix.
- Supports NGS.
1 Windows users require ActivePerl and DBD::MySQL to be installed.
1. Download mbzdb and uncompress somewhere.
2. Create the database, mbzdb will not create it for you.
3. Open settings.pl and configure the appropriate options.
4. Run init.pl.
5. Use update.pl to update the database as often as you like, replications are released hourly.
1. Download and install ActivePerl – its free (http://www.activestate.com/activeperl)
2. Use ActiveState’s PPM to install DBD::MySQL.
3. Download mbzdb and uncompress somewhere.
4. Create the database, mbzdb will not create it for you.
5. Open settings.pl and configure the appropriate options.
6. Run init.pl.
7. Use update.pl to update the database as often as you like, replications are released hourly.