fresh installed mysql and mysql-server but failed to start server

Question

I am new to Linux and tried to install mysql in my local box

I googled a lot and follow the instruction but none of them works

some people recommand this " but it did not work for me and system give me warning about this is not a official version.

Basically what I did was:

1. yum install mysql mysql-version succeed without error, version is 5.5.28
2. systemctl start mysqld.service here it threw out error: Job failed. See system logs and 'systemctl status' for details.

I am using Fedora 16 (3.1.0-7.fc16.i686)

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

Could you try running

yum groupinstall "MySQL Database"

then run

service mysqld start

and see the outcome. Assuming you are running as root or with root permissions.

Answer 2

Got the EXACT same problem. It seems there is an issue regarding the permissions of the /var/lib/mysql directory.

This nailed it for me:

chown -R mysql.mysql /var/lib/mysql

Source: http://www.vivaolinux.com.br/dica/Como-solucionar-ERROR-2002-Cant-connect-to-local-MySQL-server