Error in installing MYSQL

cheap_shot

i've followed the instruction on that site yet i get this error message , how do i correct it ?

stolzyboy

was mysql installed as an rpm before you tried installing the tar'ed version, that will screw the install

what you have to do now is remove anything to do with mysql and just go with the tar'ed version

you can do a

rpm -q mysql

at the linux command prompt to see if the mysql rpm is installed, if so, you can do

rpm -e mysql.version.whatever.comes.up.with.previous.command

cheap_shot

i had just run the command and it tells me that there is no package installed on the box....how do i un install it from a tar version so i may able to repeat it again ?

stolzyboy

not sure if there is an uninstall persay, i just usually delete all the folders that have MySQL references in it... then go through the steps in the tutorial i provided... you have to follow them to the T or it will not work...

cheap_shot

man do you have a yahoo messenger i got lot of questions?
im kind beginner on linux stuff and just getting the feel of it ..

stolzyboy

nope, just ask them here, then i as well as others can answer

cheap_shot

how do i know that all the links to these folders had been deleted
and there are no more dependecies on it ? ...
or i just have to delete the tared folder and finished?

stolzyboy

well if you followed the instructions, you have a folder called mysql.version.blah with a symlink called mysql to that folder, just rmdir that directory and it will all go away, you may have to use rm -d to unlink a non-empty directory

cheap_shot

i still get the same error message how do i correct this

" Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists! "

stolzyboy

not exactly sure what the problem is without seeing what happens myself, but you can also try

apt-get install mysql-server

i am leaving the office for about an hour, i'll check back...