On Aug 20, 2008, at 11:58 AM, andrew fay wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good idiots guide for installing 3.8 on > ubuntu with mysql.. I set up 3.6 on ubuntu before but I had > installed it via the Synaptic package manager first. > > ps I don't want to upgrade as I am installing on a vmware image. Have you tried following the README? -kevin