scott,
Saturday, November 16, 2002, 12:08:52 AM, you wrote:

sdaaado>     I downloaded and installed the RPM from mysql.org (the uu.net mirror 
sdaaado>     in the USA).  The transcript told me to set a root password using 
sdaaado>     /usr/bin/mysqladmin, but that program doesn't exist.  I also am missing
sdaaado>     other programs referred to in the documentation, such as /usr/bin/mysql
sdaaado>     (the client).  The documentation refers to /usr/local/mysql, but that 
sdaaado>     directory wasn't created.  I simply can't find much correspondence between
sdaaado>     the documentation and what I have.

sdaaado>     Wait!  Never mind.  I installed the -client RPM and that contains
sdaaado>     the /usr/bin/mysqladmin and other programs.  All is well, now.  However,
sdaaado>     can I humbly suggest that your documentation should tell people to 
sdaaado>     install both before running any programs.  It is odd to me that the 
sdaaado>     mysqladmin program is with the client RPM and not the server RPM ,
sdaaado>     but as long as I know to install both, it doesn't matter.

>>How-To-Repeat:

sdaaado> # rpm -ivh MySQL-3.23.53a-1.i386.rpm 

You installed only MySQL server, to use mysqladmin you must install
also client package.



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