I guess it's a silly q but..

I keep hearing that the easiest way to install a copy of mySQL on suse is to use yast. I've poked around yast some and I haven't come across anything that says mysql or database. I have the 5 installation disks, do I have to look around on them? Just not sure where to start. Thx

Forget Yast.



Seriously, these pacakage management apps... they all out to be put on one disk and formatted.

It is really easy to install MySQL yourself - I did it on FC3 with no problems. Go to the mysql site and download a "standard" binary version for your system. I've got

mysql-standard-5.0.26-linux-i686.tar.gz

for my P4 based 2.6.14.3 FC3 system. Then follow the seven step instruction list in the package directory after ungzipping it. Works beautifully.

Nothing against SUSE or Yast as such, just experience that indicates that these "helpful" installation apps usually cause more problems than they solve.