William L. Maltby wrote:
On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 19:38 +0100, Duncan wrote:
Obantec Support wrote:
rpm -qa | grep mysql mysql-5.0.45-7.el5 is installed
Yum install mysql-server
That makes me think OP did a yum install mysql instead of a yum group install. Per the output in my previous post, default packages for the *group* include mysql-server. If my assumption is correct, he'll probably hit more stumbling blocks, depending on what he's doing ultimately, as other parts of a default install will likely be missing too. Might be better to unstall (that *ought* to be a valid word, huh? Would save typing. :-) and do a group install to get a good starting point.
You might making it a lot more complicated than need be.
For most uses, just the mysql-server package (and any dependencies yum brings in) will be fine.
(waits to be shot down by a very specific or complicated use from the OP that requires the group install..)
Dunc