[Techtalk] Cannot get LAMP mysql or php to start

[Mike]

> Hi Mike, thank-you for answering so quickly :)
> 
> lolz at lolz-ubuntu:/etc/init.d$ /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
> bash: /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation: No such file or directory
> lolz at lolz-ubuntu:/etc/init.d$ /usr/bin/mysql_install_db
> bash: /usr/bin/mysql_install_db: No such file or directory
> lolz at lolz-ubuntu:/etc/init.d$


I just checked on my Ubuntu install and these are the mysql files in /usr/bin

I just did this earlier this week after the admin password was lost.


wopr:/usr/bin$ ls mys* -l
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  267416 2009-10-07 11:44 mysql
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  110788 2009-10-07 11:43 mysqlaccess
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   32524 2009-10-07 11:44 mysqladmin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      10 2009-11-15 21:59 mysqlanalyze -> mysqlcheck
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  159580 2009-10-07 11:44 mysqlbinlog
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   11828 2009-10-07 11:43 mysqlbug
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   24996 2009-10-07 11:44 mysqlcheck
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  418216 2009-10-07 11:44 mysql_client_test
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7239048 2009-10-07 11:44 mysql_client_test_embedded
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    4169 2009-10-07 11:43 mysql_convert_table_format
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   23034 2009-10-07 11:43 mysqld_multi
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   16813 2009-10-07 11:44 mysqld_safe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   93520 2009-10-07 11:44 mysqldump
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    6602 2009-10-07 11:43 mysqldumpslow
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    3245 2009-10-07 11:43 mysql_find_rows
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     483 2009-10-07 11:43 mysql_fix_extensions
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    5834 2009-10-07 11:43 mysql_fix_privilege_tables
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   31485 2009-10-07 11:43 mysqlhotcopy
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   24640 2009-10-07 11:44 mysqlimport
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   14530 2009-10-07 11:43 mysql_install_db
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      10 2009-11-15 21:59 mysqloptimize -> mysqlcheck
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      10 2009-11-15 21:59 mysqlrepair -> mysqlcheck
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   39016 2009-10-07 11:44 mysqlreport
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    6586 2009-10-07 11:43 mysql_secure_installation
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   16689 2009-10-07 11:43 mysql_setpermission
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   23772 2009-10-07 11:44 mysqlshow
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   45976 2009-10-07 11:44 mysqlslap
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  191544 2009-10-07 11:44 mysqltest
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6973792 2009-10-07 11:44 mysqltest_embedded
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1342284 2009-10-07 11:44 mysql_tzinfo_to_sql
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   60620 2009-10-07 11:44 mysql_upgrade
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  154048 2009-10-07 11:44 mysql_waitpid
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    3818 2009-10-07 11:43 mysql_zap



so something is not right with the install

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