Re: Cant get mysql to work under RH8.0

["Alfredo J. Cole" <alfredo clshonduras com>]

El Vie 28 Mar 2003 09:22, Billy Davis escribió:
> When we installed RH8.0 on our server, we also selected the mysql package
> for installation.  When we enter 'rpm -qi mysql' , it tells us that
> mysql-3.23.52.3.src.rpm is installed.  However, when we enter 'mysql', we
> get an error message:
>
> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'
>
> We do have a /var/lib/mysql directory, but it is empty.  We apparantly have
> missed something simple.  Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
> Billy Davis

Please make sure that you have installed the binary package, not the sources, 
and that mysql is in fact running.

Regards.

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Alfredo J. Cole
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