Installing on LINUX

Hi,

I am trying to install MySQL on LINUX, but I can't find the Client programs
or the shortcuts to. I am just downloading Generic RPMS for SUSE.

How do I get a Client Program like Adminstrator running?

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

Jared wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install MySQL on LINUX, but I can't find the Client programs
> or the shortcuts to. I am just downloading Generic RPMS for SUSE.
>
> How do I get a Client Program like Adminstrator running?
>
>
>

MySQL Administrator is a separate program you need to download.

Besides the MySQL server, you do have a command-line program (mysql) which you
can use to perform basically all operations on the database. But the
Administrator makes things a lot easier.

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I am using mysql on linux, but I don't have a GUI.
Mysql is installed in "/usr/local/mysql"

If you want to connect into the database daemon, you have to use a
client. It is simply called "mysql". This file is found under
"/usr/local/mysql/bin/" for me. It will depend on where SUSE installed
your mysql software.
There are a few programs that allow you to connect into the server, for
example there is also mysqladmin. Hope this helps a little bit.