raamcm wrote:
Hi Guy's
I am newbie in debian linux. how to start the mysql database.
ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'
my package installation.
dpkg -l | grep mysql
ii cvm-mysql 0.32-1 Credential Validation Modules (mysql)
ii libdbd-mysql-p 2.9006-1 A Perl5 database interface to the
MySQL data
ii libmysqlclient 4.0.24-10 mysql database client library
ii libmysqlclient 4.1.11a-4 mysql database client library
ii mysql-client 4.0.24-10 mysql database client binaries
ii mysql-common 4.0.24-10 mysql database common files (e.g.
As the error suggests, you have no server. You have installed the
client binaries and libraries, but not the server which actually manages
the database.
My installed packages for MySQL are almost the same. Note, however, the
addition of mysql-doc and mysql-server. The docs are a good thing, but
not required. The server, on the other hand, IS required unless you are
connecting to a database on another box that is running the server.
~$ dpkg -l | grep mysql
ii libdbd-mysql-p 2.9006-1 A Perl5 database interface to the
MySQL data
ii libmysqlclient 4.0.24-10sarge mysql database client library
ii libmysqlclient 4.1.11a-4sarge mysql database client library
ii mysql-client-4 4.1.11a-4sarge mysql database client binaries
ii mysql-common-4 4.1.11a-4sarge mysql database common files (e.g.
/etc/mysql
ii mysql-doc-4.1 4.1.10a-1 mysql database documentation (4.1 branch
ii mysql-server-4 4.1.11a-4sarge mysql database server binaries
ii python-mysqldb 1.2.1c2-1 A Python interface to MySQL
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