Re: [CentOS] Install and Run mysql 4.x

On 3/21/07, Al Sparks data345@yahoo.com wrote:

You know, I suppose I could simply install the tarball, I've successfully installed mysql in the past that way. However, I thought I'd use yum, install the redhat/CentOS way, and I am amazed how hard it is to get this thing working. I admit to not having become all that familiar with mysql.

You're going about this the hard way really. 'yum install mysql-server' and then 'service mysqld start' the database is initialized automatically, and everything is set up for you with db files in /var/lib/mysql/

From there it's a simple matter of setting the mysql root password,

and you're off and running.