Installing mySQL from a binary is very simple. Download the binary to your server.

tar zxvf mysql-binary.tar.gz

cd mysql-binary

mkdir /mysql/partition/here

./configure --prefix==/mysql/partition/here

make

make install

Alternatively, even easier:

tar zxvf mysql-binary.tar.gz

cd /mysql/partition/here

chown -R mysql .

chgrp -R mysql .

scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql;

cd .;

./bin/mysqladmin -uroot -pSoMePasSwOrdHeRe