You can also type manually (as root) to start / stop / restart the server: # /etc/init.d/mysql start You will be promoted to setup a password for mysql admin “root” user: Setting up admin root user password Setup root password Installation completed START / STOP / RESTART MYSQL SERVER Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-core-5.1. Selecting previously deselected package mysql-client-5.1. Selecting previously deselected package libdbd-mysql-perl. Selecting previously deselected package libdbi-perl. Selecting previously deselected package libplrpc-perl. 159847 files and directories currently installed.) Selecting previously deselected package libnet-daemon-perl. Libxcb-render-util0-dev xulrunner-1.9.1 libxcb-render-util0 The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: Type the following command to install the same: # apt-get install mysql-server-5.1 Reading package lists. MySQL is a popular choice of database for use in web applications, and is a central component of the widely used LAMP open source web application software stack (and other’AMP’ stacks). This tutorial will show you howto install MySQL Database Server on Debian Linux Operating System.

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