SeqEngine is prepared to be built as a part of the MySQL source tree (tested against recent versions of MySQL 5.1.x). Unpack the source archive into the "storage" folder of the MySQL source tree: # From inside the top-level of the MySQL build directory do cd storage tar xvzf seqengine.tar.gz Then return to the top folder of the MySQL source tree and rebuild the configure and make files to make sure that the SeqEngine is built along with the rest of MySQL: cd .. rm -rf autom4te.cache/ # Only necessary if you built MySQL before aclocal autoconf autoheader automake -a If you run "./configure --help", the SeqEngine should now be listed as one of the pluggable storage engines somewhere in the output: === SeqEngine Storage Engine === Plugin Name: seqengine Description: Storage engine generating sequences Supports build: dynamic SeqEngine will now be built as a plugin together with the rest of the MySQL distribution. After launching your build, within the MySQL prompt, just type the following command to activate SeqEngine: INSTALL PLUGIN SeqEngine SONAME 'ha_seqengine.so'; SHOW PLUGIN and SHOW ENGINES should now display SeqEngine as active and you're ready to go.