Re: [CentOS] MySQL installation problem

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Victor Subervi victorsubervi@gmail.com wrote:

Hi; It's been a while since I controlled my own server and I'm rusty. Trying to install mysql yum install mysql All looks well. Here's what happens:

[root@13gems www]# mysql ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) [root@13gems www]# mysql -u root -p Enter password: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

There's no mysqld in the ps wax. Please advise. beno

The mysql package is just client stuff and libraries. You need:

yum install mysql-server

-- Jeff