How to install mysql:
Download the following file:
ftp://filepile.tiscali.de/mirror/mys...3.23.52.tar.gz
create the dir /usr/local/src/lamps
then do:
cd /usr/local/src/lamps
for i in `ls *.gz`; do tar zxf $i; done;
cd /usr/local/src/lamps/mysql-3.23.52/
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql/3.23.52 \
--localstatedir=/home/mysql/data
make
make install
ln -s /usr/local/mysql/3.23.52 /usr/local/mysql/current
mkdir /home/mysql /home/mysql/data
scripts/mysql_install_db
/usr/local/mysql/current/bin/safe_mysqld &
/usr/local/mysql/current/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'xxxxxx'
if this doesnt work try:
/usr/sbin/adduser mysql
chown -R mysql:mysql /home/mysql
/usr/local/mysql/current/bin/safe_mysqld &
/usr/local/mysql/current/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'geheim'
cp support-files/mysql.server /etc/rc.d/init.d
chmod 744 /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql.server
cd /etc/rc.d/rc2.d
ln -s ../init.d/mysql.server S20mysql.server
ln -s ../init.d/mysql.server K20mysql.server
cd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
ln -s ../init.d/mysql.server S20mysql.server
ln -s ../init.d/mysql.server K20mysql.server
ln -s /usr/local/mysql/current/bin/mysql \
/usr/local/bin/mysql
ln -s /usr/local/mysql/current/bin/mysqladmin \
/usr/local/bin/mysqladmin
ln -s /usr/local/mysql/current/bin/mysqldump \
/usr/local/bin/mysqldump
ln -s /usr/local/mysql/current/bin/mysqlshow \
/usr/local/bin/mysqlshow
then mysql should work...