How to install MySQL

[Arkadi Kagan]

Description:
        MySQL is not properly configured for first run.
How-To-Repeat:
	Run standard installation:
	./configure
	./make
	su
	./make install
	exit
	# (exit su)
       mysql
       -- mysql failed:
               ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server 
through socket
               '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111)
	/usr/local/libexec/mysqld
	-- mysqld failed:
		Warning: Can't create test file /usr/local/var/arkadi.lower-test
		/usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Can't change dir to '/usr/local/var/' (Errcode: 
2)
		Aborting
		/usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown Complete
	# Indeed /usr/local/var does not exist and my user should not have
	# a write permission to /usr

Fix:
        Send me to the right part of manual :)
       Any suggestions are welcome.
Originator:     Arkadi
MySQL support: email support
Category:       mysql
Class:          support
Release:        mysql-5.0.0-alpha (Source distribution)

C compiler:    gcc (GCC) 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)
C++ compiler:  g++ (GCC) 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)
Environment:
	<machine, os, target, libraries (multiple lines)>
System: Linux arkadi 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:18:24 EST 2003 i686 athlon 
i386 GNU/Linux
Architecture: i686

Some paths:  /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake /usr/bin/gcc 
/usr/bin/cc
GCC: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.2/specs
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man 
--infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix 
--disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit 
--host=i386-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)
Compilation info: CC='gcc'  CFLAGS=''  CXX='g++'  CXXFLAGS=''  LDFLAGS=''  
ASFLAGS=''
LIBC:
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           13 Mar 22 00:50 /lib/libc.so.6 -> 
libc-2.3.2.so
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1549556 Mar 14  2003 /lib/libc-2.3.2.so
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      2321376 Mar 14  2003 /usr/lib/libc.a
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          204 Mar 14  2003 /usr/lib/libc.so
Configure command: ./configure

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