On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 08:29 -0500, Jeffrey Tadlock wrote: > Eric Beversluis wrote: > > According to Add/Remove Application, MySQL has been installed, but I > > don't know how to find it. > > > > When I try just entering 'mysql' command I get this error message: > > > > [root@sonyc /]# mysql > > ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > Make sure you also install the mysq-server package as well. Once > installed be sure to start it and then try running the mysql command. > > /jt > According to my Add/Remove Apps, mysql-server is installed. However the command 'mysqld' returns the error message: [root@sonyc ~]# mysqld -bash: mysqld: command not found Same happens at root or at my prompts. EB