mysql 4.0

[Arthur Pemberton]

Ankush Grover wrote:

>hey friends,
>
> I download the Mysql 4.1.11 from the Mysql site .I am using FC3 ,it
>did what was said or documented to make the mysql 4.0 to run.Now the
>problem I am facing is that I have to go to the /usr/local/mysql/bin/
>and then ./mysql -u root -p to access the mysql.
>
>I added mysql.server to /etc/init.d / directory so that mysql can run
>at startup.But I am not able to configure mysql in such a manner that
>i can run the binary executables in mysql/bin/ from any where.
>
>Is that due to path problem means the path for the mysql is not there
>in the PATH variable in bash_profile.I have the root access for the pc
>and I did everything through root.
>
>Please guide me.
>
>Thanks & Regards
>
>Ankush Grover
>
>  
>
Please post the output of `which mysql`

and what method did you use to install MySQL 4.1 ? I hope it was via RPMs.