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In file INSTALL.SOURCE, point 2.3.1. Source Installation Overview describes old MySQL installation process.
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- use of cmake (instead of configure)
- user can type "cmake . -LH" to show compilation options
- user and group --> maria (instead of mysql)
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As MariaDB is not including configure script anymore, installation must be made using cmake.
In https://kb.askmonty.org/en/compiling-mariadb-from-source/ I still find all references to configure, but some hint that newer versions use cmake (and just a link to http://www.cmake.org/)
I would be nice to find there that command to show all configuration options is:
$ cmake . -LH
and an example of how they should be entered, i.e.:
$ cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr/local/maria
Looking for that information hinders source installation
MySQL/Oracle information on this topic is quite extensive:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/internals/en/cmake-howto-long-version.html
You can use MySQL/Oracle information, too 
It is actually too extensive. I think. It was not written by Oracle folks as end-user documentation, the initial purpose of this document was to introduce MySQL developers to the new tool, therefore it contains quite a lot of cmake basics, such as parameter discovery and CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.
Before closing this task I'll edit the https://kb.askmonty.org/en/compiling-mariadb-from-source/ to improve it.
I've updated the following articles:
https://kb.askmonty.org/en/build-environment-setup-for-linux/
https://kb.askmonty.org/en/source-getting-the-mariadb-source-code/
https://kb.askmonty.org/en/generic-build-instructions/
Things are much improved documentation-wise, so closing.
Hi Daniel,
I consider it a documentation request, please re-assign if needed.
user and group stay as is, but there are indeed many outdated points and a weird mix of Oracle/MariaDB.
Example of outdated points, just at the first glance:
MySQL 5.5 is the current development release series.
MySQL 5.1 is the current General Availability (Production)
Example of the weird mix:
Installing and Upgrading MariaDB
...
Normally, it is best
to use precompiled binary distributions of MySQL that are built
specifically for optimal performance on Windows by Oracle
Corporation.