finding mysql

[Paul Howarth]

Eric Beversluis wrote:
> 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 at 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 at sonyc ~]# mysqld
> -bash: mysqld: command not found
> 
> Same happens at root or at my prompts.

Try:

/sbin/service mysqld start

Paul.