Hi Group,

Just trying Linux at the moment. Not having a lot of success at
anything
with it.

Basically trying to install mysql on a clean Fedora i386.

I have downloaded the gz file and extracted the tar file. Followed the
install
instructions.

run the
scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql

But when I try to run the

bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql

the server stops immediately.

The first time I tried this it was complaining about not being able to
access
the ibdata1 file. It had put this in the directory /var/lib/mysql? Why
is it going in there?
Instead of the data directory?

So I removed the /var/lib/mysql directory and contents and started
again.

Now it doesn't seem to create a .err file in the data directory
underneath my /usr/loca/mysql directory at all. It also seems to have
recreated the var/lib/mysql directory.

Just can't see what is happening.

So far not impressed with mysql. Any ideas what is wrong?
Otherwise it is wipe the Linux machine and start again.
Give me back Microsoft SQL Server run the setup program and forget.

> Just trying Linux at the moment. Not having a lot of success at
> anything
> with it.
>
> Basically trying to install mysql on a clean Fedora i386.
>
> I have downloaded the gz file and extracted the tar file. Followed the
> install
> instructions.

If you are new to Linux, it is probably easier to install MySQL from the
package manager. Especially on shiny desktop distributions, not all code
development tools are installed by default and you may have to install
dependent software (libraries) as well.

Best regards,
--
Willem Bogaerts

Application smith
Kratz B.V.
http://www.kratz.nl/