[CentOS] Starting MySQL
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Sat Jan 27 18:18:43 UTC 2007
On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 10:12 -0800, Todd Cary wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 09:18 -0800, Todd Cary wrote:
> >
> >> When I run
> >>
> >> # mysql
> >>
> >> I get this error:
> >>
> >> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> >> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
> >>
> >> What do I need to do? The install of MySQL was done as part of the
> >> Centos setup.
> >>
> > ----
> > as root...
> >
> > /sbin/service mysqld start
> >
> > socket isn't available for connection unless mysqld is running
> >
> > Craig
> >
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> When I submit
>
> # /sbin/service mysqld start
>
> I get the message: mysqld unrecognized service
>
> When I type in
>
> # yum install mysql
>
> I am told it is already installed. Also, the GUI for services does not
> have mysql listed. How I can tell if mysql is truly installed?
----
yum install mysql # will install client but not the server
yum install mysql-server # will install the server
Craig
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