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Asked: 2009-07-12 04:16:00 +0800 CST

Installing and running MySql on FreeBSD

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Yet for a while I trying to install and run MySql on FreeBSD rooter that We using at office.

I am totally beginner in Linux OS and I do not know what could go wrong on My installation, So please have a patient whit me, Here is some copy and paste text from Putty if someone had similar problems please help

pppp-ac-01# uname -a
FreeBSD pppp-ac-01.robotsarajevo.com 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May  7 04:32:43 UTC 2006     [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

pppp-ac-01# mysql -V
mysql  Ver 14.15 Distrib 6.0.11-alpha, for portbld-freebsd6.1 (i386) using  5.0

pppp-ac-01# mysql -U root
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
mysql freebsd

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Normally that just means that mysqld isn't running. Try invoke-rc.d mysql start.

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