Installing MySQL
In most cases you'll probably want to install the MySQL server and MySQL client RPMs. The client RPM gives you the ability to test the server connection and can be used by any MySQL application to communicate with the server, even if the server software is running on the same Linux box.
You need to make sure that the mysql-server and mysql software RPMs are installed. When searching for the RPMs, remember that the filename usually starts with the software package name followed by a version number, as in mysql-server-3.23.58-4.i386.rpm.
There are a number of supporting RPMs that may be needed, so the yum utility may be the best RPM installation method to use. (For more on downloading and installing RPMs, see Chapter 6, "Installing RPM Software.")
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