finding mysql

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Do, den 16.03.2006 schrieb Eric Beversluis um 14:20:

> According to Add/Remove Application, MySQL has been installed, but I
> don't know how to find it.

rpm -qa mysql\*
rpm -ql <packagename>       lists you all the content the specific RPM
ships with

> When I try just entering 'mysql' command I get this error message:
> 
> [root at sonyc /]# mysql
> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
> 
> MySQL doesn't seem to be installed in any of the places that my books
> suggest it might be.

Very certainly you missed to install the MySQL Server part: yum install
mysql-server

> So how do I find it and how do I start the client?

You just use the client. What needs to be started is the mysqld (MySQL
Server process).

> EB

Alexander


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