On 5/13/05, CIKALA Frédéric ROSI/SIPROD <frederic.cikala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm quite a beginner, and i need to launch a mysql database in order to use a database > for apache&php. > We i installed my fedora, i check the mysql box but now, when i look for the mysqld (with > a find / ...) i do not find any.When i type mysql i got this error : > > [root@portailDEM ~]# mysql > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > [root@portailDEM ~]# > > so I checked the permission on this file and i found out that it didn't exists anyway > In fact the repertory /var/lib/mysql doesn't even exist. > I though that during the installation, the server will installed by itself, because of the > checked box but ... > > How can i do to launch the server ? > > thanks a lot > > ps : here is the "locate mysql" return > > [root@portailDEM ~]# locate mysql > /usr/bin/mysqltest > /usr/bin/mysql_config > /usr/bin/mysqldump > /usr/bin/mysqlaccess > /usr/bin/mysql_convert_table_format > /usr/bin/mysqlbinlog > /usr/bin/mysql_fix_privilege_tables > /usr/bin/mysqld_multi > /usr/bin/mysqlimport > /usr/bin/mysql_zap > /usr/bin/mysql_setpermission > /usr/bin/mysqlbug > /usr/bin/mysql > /usr/bin/mysql_install_db > /usr/bin/mysqlcheck > /usr/bin/mysqlshow > /usr/bin/mysqldumpslow > .... > .... > It looks install but it is only the client ? You can see if you have got the mysql server installed with rpm -q mysql-server You can see what other mysql-related rpms are installed with rpm -qa | grep mysql If the server isn't installed you can install it with (as root) yum install mysql-server Once it is installed, you can start with with (as root) service mysqld start hth, Dave...
