Problem related to Installation of MYSQL 4.0.2

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hi,
  i am Installing My Sql -Standard-4.0.26-pc-linux-gnu-i686 Of Linux Machine 
But Facing some Problem 
 i am Getting thius Error " ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server 
through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)"
 while i start MYSQl 
 Plzz Reply me Giving t he Solution For it