How do I start a mysql server?

[daemonghost]

Thanks for reading this. ANY help would be appreciated! I just set up a RH 6.2 server a couple days ago and have been wanting to play around with PHP and MYSQL. Unfortunately RH didn't come with MYSQL (or I didn't install it correctly) thus I was required to download a MYSQL RPM off of <A HREF="

http://www.redhat.com"

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http://www.redhat.com</A>.

I downloaded it, unpackaged it, and rebooted the system. However, the MYSQL server is not running becuase when I type ps the shell only spits back that bash and ps are running - mysql isn't. I cannot login to the server by typing 'mysql' and by messing around and simply typing in a random database name such as 'mysql some_database' I get a response saying that database dosen't exist where I (before I restarted) recieved a error of type 111 (saying I couldn't connect to the server). I'm confused and would like to know what I need to do. Again what I've done so far: <br>(1) Installed RH and got it running as a server (APACHE). <br>(2) Downloaded the MYSQL rpm from <A HREF="

http://www.redhat.com"

TARGET="_new">

http://www.redhat.com</A><br>(3)

Installed it and rebooted the computer. <br><br>My problem, to re-cap, is that I cannot logon to the mysql server to start creating databases etc. I own the machine and it dosen't matter whether I'm root or not. <br><br>Thank you, <br>Ben Rush<br>

 

[martijn]

I have no experience with Linux and MySQL, but you can find a simple tutorial on installing MySQL (windows and linux) here: <A HREF="

http://www.webmonkey.com"

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http://www.webmonkey.com</A>.

 

[rycamor]

This location gives specific info on setting up Apache, mysql, and PHP on RedHat Linux with RPMs<br><br><A HREF="

http://dcfonline.sfu.ca/ying/linux/webdb/toc.html"

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http://dcfonline.sfu.ca/ying/linux/webdb/toc.html</A>