There are a number of steps after installation that need to happen
before you will be able to connect:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Unix_post-installation.html
naresh bhalala wrote:
Respected Sir/Madam,
I have download the MySQL4.0 from www.dev.mysql.com
and file is
:mysql-standard4.0.20-pc-linux-i686.tar.gz.....
I have installed it as bellow:
#gunzip -9c standard4.0.20-pc-linux-i686.tar.gz | tar
-xvf -
and all files r extraced in
folder:standard4.0.20-pc-linux-i686
Now i've run
/standard4.0.20-pc-linux-i686.tar.gz/bin/mysql BUT
IT"S GIVING ERROR: "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect
to local server through socket '/tmp/mysql.socket' (2)
pl reply to this mail and solve my prob.....
thanking you in advance....Naresh
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