When trying to install a forum I get 'Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect()in /hdb/var/www/html/forum/admin/db_mysql.php on line 42'

What does this mean? Is it that I don't have mySQL installed? Because it looks like I do? If not... How can I tell if I do or not?

What are you trying to install phpbb? There is some minor setup of mysql required before installing phpbb. Did you add a mysql user? Is mysql running(ps -aux | grep mysql)?

I'm trying to install vBulletin. No I did not add a mysql user. How do you do that? I thought when installing the vBulletin did it for you. I chmod the install scripts to 777. When I run 'ps -aux | grep mysql' I get this in reply,

'root 1119 0.0 0.2 3204 616 pts/0 s 6:25 grep mysql'

if that's all then mysql is not running. you'll also need the mysql bindings for php

Yeah that means that mysql is not running. You can do:

/etc/init.d/mysqld start

and also do:

chkconfig mysqld on

so that mysql runs at startup.

When I type. '/etc/init.d/mysql' or '/etc/init.d/mysqld' it says, 'No such file or directory'. Hmm... And when you say, 'you'll also need the mysql bindings for php' where can I get that?

You do have mysql installed right?

Well I downloaded 'MySQL-server-4.0.13-0.i386.rpm' and I ran 'rpm -i MySQL-server-4.0.13-0.i386.rpm' And it looked like it installed completly and tells my to make my password for root. When I try to install it again it says, 'package MySQL-server-4.0.13-0.i386.rpm has already been installed' so I'm guessing it installed but now when I type in the command, '/etc/init.d/mysql start' it tells me 'A mysql process already exists' then when I run the command, 'ps -aux | grep mysql' again it tells me,

mysql 1198 0.1 3.9 30272 9744 pts/0 s 06:55 <== ==0:01 /usr/sbin/mysqld

root 1389 0.0 0.2 3204 616 pts/0 s 7:14 0:00 grep mysql


Did it install mysql over another mysql? If so, how do I stop the old one so I can start my new one? And would you know how to create my root password; like what the command is?
Thanks

Well it looks like mysql is installed and running. Can you login?

mysql -u root -p

FYI

If you do the following:

ps aux | grep [m]ysql

rather than

ps aux | grep mysql

then you won't see the grep command in the process listing.

Flibble

When I type, 'mysql -u root -p' it says, 'bash: mysql: command not found'
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