Need Help Installing MySQL on Tiger OS X

[rockstardub]

I have searched all over the internet, and tried to learn how to do this. It's not really up my alley, so please someone tell me what to do! Here are some of the things I type and the messages I get with them.

kirk:/usr/local/mysql kirkstrobeck$ mysql -u root
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

kirk:~ kirkstrobeck$ cd /usr/local/mysql
kirk:/usr/local/mysql kirkstrobeck$ sudo echo
Password:

kirk:/usr/local/mysql kirkstrobeck$ sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe &
[1] 461
kirk:/usr/local/mysql kirkstrobeck$ Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data
STOPPING server from pid file /usr/local/mysql/data/kirk.pid
050601 13:09:08  mysqld ended

It looks like it starts up, then simply quits! I don't know, please help.

 

[aftertaf]

not exactly the right forum.....
but you never know ;-)

Aftertaf
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[rockstardub]

Oh gosh, thanks, I don't know how that happened.