Ted

I had MySQL, along with the other databases and all development tools
that ship with SUSE Linux v 10 installed by YaST when I first installed
it. And as I am just beginning to study the administration of Linux
and servers on it, everything is installed in its default place in the
default configuration as YaST understands that. I find and start the
client programs from the system menu. I won't begin to describe the
menus as they're too big and complicated for that, but I found the
menus intuitive to navigate so finding the DB clients should be
relatively easy.

I have not even begun to try to figure out how to upgrade MySQL to its
latest version from the version included in the SUSE distribution (I
have never used RPMs before). BTW, aren't Administrator and Query
Browser separate downloadable files? It isn't clear from your note
whether you're downloading just the server or the server plus the
client files.

What I found difficult is finding out whether or not MySQL is running,
and I keep getting errors about the client programs not being able to
connect to it through some socket. I am not sure I understand this. I
thought that by default I'd be connecting using the TCP/IP stack.

I hope this helps at least a little.

Ted