I installed MySql and apache on my my Red Hat 9.0, from Red Hat CD, through Add/Remove Applications(Package Management) which comes under KDE 3.1, the problem is that Apache is running fine, but when I type MySql or mysql at terminal windows to start MySql I get following error:
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ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
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I have logged in as a user on my system not as root. Please help me, I am new user of LINUX.

mysql has to be running before you try to connect to it? Is it running?

Output of ps -aux please?

Thanks, I got it, it was not properly Installed!!!

So what was the fix, I still tring to get my system configured , Explain what was your fix

The MySql was not Installed properly, that is the reason, I again Installed MySql from CD, and then went to service manager where I saw MySql and started the service, then I found that MySql is running fine. I have yet to Install PHP.