still mysql got a problem

i followed the instructions from this site : http://www.esensualstudios.com/linux.php and on the first part, the mysql installation, i got already a problem in this part of the instructions
"/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql.server start"
after that line, it's said that mysql ended, then i try to ignore it then i try the next line "/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql" and the problem arise. Do u have any links/url that teaches proper installation. Im on RH linux 7.3, 4got the kernel version sorry.
thanks in advance.

PS. im really desperate to run that OpenSource Package(apache,mysql, etc) on linux. thanks again

Use the tutorial HERE for one of the better tutorials about installing PHP, Mysql, and Apache.

after i run "make" from this tutorial on mysql part http://www.linuxguruz.org/z.php?id=31
i got this error "no targets specified and no make file found. Stop."

pls. help, thanks

Did your configure complete without error? I'm going to guess that it didn't since there's no make file in the directory. Make sure ./configure completes without errors before try to run Make. I've used that site to configure webservers with apache, mysql, and php with no problem.

I suggest you guy Running Linux by O'Reilly to get more familiar with Linux so you don't need to be walked through everything.

ok thanks

I had the same problem with tring to install mysql from source on RH7.3. I now install mysql from RPM. The key thing with the RPM is that it installs mysql to /usr/bin. I install PHP-4.2.3 from source. You should find the *.h files in /usr/include if not there is a directory in PHP-4.2.3 that has the mysql includes.

thanks to you too.