can't start safe_mysqld

I could not start ./safte_mysql. Error message: touch: /usr/local/mysql/var/gemini.err cannot create chown: /usr/local/mysql/var/gemini.err: No such file or directory Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/var ./safe_mysqld: /usr/local/mysql/var/gemini.err: cannot create So I c

can't start ./safe_mysql

Can't start ./safte_mysql. Error message: touch: /usr/local/mysql/var/gemini.err cannot create chown: /usr/local/mysql/var/gemini.err: No such file or directory Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/var ./safe_mysqld: /usr/local/mysql/var/gemini.err: cannot create So I created

Do I need to create a mysql user in order to run mysql

I download a pre-compiled mysql from sunfreeware.com. When I run ./safe_mysqld &, I was told the there is not mysql id. When I run mysql -help. I got the error message: ld.so.1: mysql: fatal: libncurses.so.5: open failed: No such file or directory Any advice? Ed