> BTW does anybody know if there are any MySQL.deb packages available? I mirror > the MySQL site, but they do not seem to have one (this is for another > machine).
"apt-cache search mysql" will give you a list of packages, then you can use "apt-cache show <package>" to know exactly what a package is. you should need at least mysql-server and mysql-client, and maybe some perl/python/php/whatever related packages. hope it helps. pietro.