# MySQL failed to install due to priveleges

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-failed-to-install-due-to-priveleges/120118>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 13, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-failed-to-install-due-to-priveleges/120118 "2007-11-13T22:29:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-failed-to-install-due-to-priveleges/120118/1 "2007-11-13T22:29:39Z")

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MySQL failed to install and gave the following error:

Product: MySQL Server 5.0 – Error 1925.You do not have sufficient  
privileges to complete this installation for all users of the  
machine. Log on as an administrator and then retry this installation.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at  
[Microsoft Support](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp).

I’m looking for an alternative on Windows XP – an installer which  
doesn’t require administrator privileges so that I can muck around  
with Ruby more on the database side.

thanks,

Thufir

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**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-failed-to-install-due-to-priveleges/120118/2 "2007-11-14T00:26:13Z")

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> -----Original Message-----

> I’m looking for an alternative on Windows XP – an installer which  
> doesn’t require administrator privileges so that I can muck around  
> with Ruby more on the database side.

If you have Access installed on your computer, you could work with  
access through the ODBC connection (not MySQL, but it’s a DB). You  
could also use SQLite.

Those are just a couple of options I can think of off the top of my  
head.

-Doug

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**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-failed-to-install-due-to-priveleges/120118/3 "2007-11-14T11:43:31Z")

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Thufir wrote:

> doesn’t require administrator privileges so that I can muck around  
> with Ruby more on the database side.  
> Have you tried Instant Rails? As far as I recall it doesn’t need  
> installing.

[http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl](http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl)

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**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-failed-to-install-due-to-priveleges/120118/4 "2007-11-14T13:13:47Z")

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On Nov 14, 2007, at 4:42 AM, Alex Y. wrote:

> > with Ruby more on the database side.  
> > Have you tried Instant Rails? As far as I recall it doesn’t need  
> > installing.
> 
> [http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl](http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl)
> 
> –  
> Alex

Or try some other alternatives: SQLite, PostGRESql

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**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-failed-to-install-due-to-priveleges/120118/5 "2007-11-17T04:25:46Z")

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On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:13:11 +0900, John J. wrote:

> Or try some other alternatives: SQLite, PostGRESql

Next time I’m at a Windows box I’ll try SQLite, it looks interesting and  
Why has a page on it at \<[http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/](http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/)  
aQuickGuideToSQLite.html\> which looks interesting.

-Thufir