install mytop
MySQL is one of the most important programs on a server, unfortunatly it is also pretty resource intensive. One a server it is not uncommon for a single user or even a query to take up the bulk of the servers cpu cycles. Mytop is a very useful program to see what queries a server is currently processing as well as which user is executing them. Think of mytop as top for mysql. If you see a lot from a user that means they are probably the hog. Mytop can also be useful for figuring out exactly which queries are causing the problem in the case of a self-designed website. The following is how to install mytop on the server and run it. Thanks to carlos for the actual commands
We are going to install 2 perl modules in addition to mytop to ensure that it will work.
Install TermReadKey:
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/J/JS/JSTOWE/TermReadKey-2.30.tar.gz
tar -zxf TermReadKey-2.30.tar.gz
cd TermRead*
perl Makefile.PL
make test
make
make install
cd ..
Now install DBI:
wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/T/TI/TIMB/DBI-1.48.tar.gz
tar -zxf DBI-1.48.tar.gz
cd DBI*
perl Makefile.PL
make test
make
make install
cd ..
Finally install mytop:
wget http://jeremy.zawodny.com/mysql/mytop/mytop-1.4.tar.gz
tar -zxf mytop-1.4.tar.gz
cd mytop*
perl Makefile.PL
make test
make
make install