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On mysql.sock M;) On Sat, 2002-08-24 at 21:34, Roger Young wrote: > > > I'm trying to install the binary mysql-3.23.52 under Linux (Slackware > 8.2 distribution, kernel 2.4.18). > > I have followed the installation steps suggested in the INSTALL-BINARY > file. However the daemon will not start, or rather it startd and > immediately exits, and there is this message in the error log > > 020825 11:03:14 mysqld started > 020825 11:03:14 Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: No such > file or directory > 020825 11:03:14 Do you already have another mysqld server running on > socket: /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock ? > 020825 11:03:14 Aborting > > In fact neither the socket nor the socket directory /var/run/mysql > have been created. > > I created the directory but still got the same error. > How do I properly install mysql? > > Thanks for your help, > > Roger Young > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php