Having installed Mysql onto a SuSE 7.0 - both from the Linux Format magazine.
I am running on a 200MHz Intel Pentium MMX with 48 Mb RAM

I put the mysql-3.22.32 into /usr/local and untarred it

I then created a link with :-

ln -s /usr/local/mysql /usr/local/mysql-3.22.32

I then had to ./configure, make and make install
(which it doesn't say in the mag) before it would allow me to run
./scripts/mysql_install_db

This then created the db table, host table etc.....

Then it would not allow me to cd into mysql directory and it denied me permission to
./support-files/mysql.server start

Where have I gone wrong?
I've read tons of stuff and it doesn't seem to be any clearer
Advice warmly welcomed

Thanks in advance
Charlie