help .. setting up mysql

[ganesan malairaja]

i follow instruction from the http://www.linuxhelp.net/guides/lamp/ to 
install mysql

i followed the steps

but i get this error when i reach the testing phase..

can anyone help me.. i have trouble setting up the mysql server for almost 4 
days.. every time of some error .. maybe this because i am still new to 
linux

i am using suse 9.3 and mysql-standard-4.1.11-pc-linux-gnu-i686.tar.gz



this is the error


linux:/usr/local/src/mysql-standard-4.1.11-pc-linux-gnu-i686 # mysqladmin 
version

mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' 
(111)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists!
linux:/usr/local/src/mysql-standard-4.1.11-pc-linux-gnu-i686 # mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 
'/tmp/mysql.sock' (111)

thank you guys