mysql> show engines;
+------------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
| Engine | Support | Comment | Transactions | XA | Savepoints |
+------------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
| MRG_MYISAM | YES | Collection of identical MyISAM tables | NO | NO | NO |
| CSV | YES | CSV storage engine | NO | NO | NO |
| MEMORY | YES | Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables | NO | NO | NO |
| MyISAM | DEFAULT | Default engine as of MySQL 3.23 with great performance | NO | NO | NO |
+------------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
mysql> show variables like '%storage_engine%';
+----------------+--------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+----------------+--------+
| storage_engine | MyISAM |
+----------------+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> show variables like 'plugin_dir';
+---------------+-----------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+
| plugin_dir | /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/plugin |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSTALL PLUGIN InnoDB SONAME 'ha_innodb.so';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (3.14 sec)
mysql> show engines;
+------------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
| Engine | Support | Comment | Transactions | XA | Savepoints |
+------------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
| InnoDB | YES | Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys | YES | YES | YES |
| CSV | YES | CSV storage engine | NO | NO | NO |
| MRG_MYISAM | YES | Collection of identical MyISAM tables | NO | NO | NO |
| MyISAM | DEFAULT | Default engine as of MySQL 3.23 with great performance | NO | NO | NO |
| MEMORY | YES | Hash based, stored in memory, useful for temporary tables | NO | NO | NO |
+------------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+
5 rows in set (0.08 sec)