To add the custom functions to your MySQL server use the following syntax: (you may install only the functions you need): CREATE AGGREGATE FUNCTION median RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_median.so'; CREATE AGGREGATE FUNCTION correlation RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_correlation.so'; CREATE AGGREGATE FUNCTION intercept RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_intercept.so'; CREATE AGGREGATE FUNCTION slope RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_slope.so'; CREATE AGGREGATE FUNCTION skewness RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_skewness.so'; CREATE AGGREGATE FUNCTION kurtosis RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_kurtosis.so'; CREATE FUNCTION confidence_higher RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_confidence_higher.so'; CREATE FUNCTION confidence_lower RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_confidence_lower.so'; CREATE FUNCTION stdnorm_density RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_stdnorm_density.so'; CREATE FUNCTION stdnorm_dist RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_stdnorm_dist.so'; CREATE AGGREGATE FUNCTION geomean RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_geomean.so'; CREATE AGGREGATE FUNCTION weightedavg RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_weightedavg.so'; CREATE FUNCTION noverm RETURNS INTEGER SONAME 'udf_noverm.so'; CREATE FUNCTION faculty RETURNS REAL SONAME 'udf_faculty.so'; CREATE AGGREGATE FUNCTION COLWIDTH RETURNS INTEGER SONAME 'udf_colwidth.so'; CREATE AGGREGATE FUNCTION LONGEST RETURNS STRING SONAME 'udf_longest.so'; Example for deinstalling a function: DROP FUNCTION median; For function descriptions, see the following webpage: http://mysql-udf.sourceforge.net/