thanks for your help guys. I have mySQL installed on my computer, and I think I got it running, but I'm not entirely sure...
I downloaded the mySQL 3.23.52.pkg, and installed it from there. Then, I ran the MySQL installation script by typing (in the /usr/local/mysql directory):
sudo ./scripts/mysql_install_db
Then I changed the ownership of all the MySQL files by entering sudo chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/*
Then I tried to launch MySQL by typing:
sudo ./bin/safe_mysqld -user=mysql &
and I got this result:
[Dads-Computer:/usr/local/mysql] scott% Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data
021027 08:24:06 mysqld ended
and when I pushed enter, it gave me this:
[1] Done sudo ./bin/safe_mysqld -user=mysql
So, I'm not sure if I properly launched MySQL or what. When I tried to create a ne MySQL admin root password by typing this:
./bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new password'
I got this:
./bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists!
Does anyone have any idea what i did wrong, or what I'm doing wrong? It worked perfectly before, and I had mySQL up and running with pMachine free, but now nothing seems to work...
Help please
