To clarify my questions:

*******Mine is a Mandrake 10.1 box *********


First : I want to know if MySQL is installed
Second : If not installed, then install it.
Third : Bring MySQL up in the console so that I can build the db's , set
privileges etc

Doing:
'rpm -qa | grep -i mysql'

Returns:
perl-Mysql-1.22_19-9mdk
libmysql12-4.0.18-1mdk

**And as a refresher :**

rpm -qa|grep sql

returns:

postgresql-7.4.1-2mdk
perl-mysql-1.22_19-9mdk
libmysql12.4.18-1mdk
postgresql-server -7.4.1-2mdk

So do I now as root :

urpmi mysql mysql-client mysql-common

Then :

service mysql start

Thanks again


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