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Installing MySQL on linux

Download these files:

MySQL-server-community-5.0.45-0.rhel3.i386.rpm
MySQL-client-community-5.0.45-0.rhel3.i386.rpm
MySQL-shared-community-5.0.45-0.rhel3.i386.rpm
MySQL-devel-community-5.0.45-0.rhel3.i386.rpm

Run this command:

rpm -i MySQL*

NOTE: The default data directory is /var/lib/mysql
Make sure the /var partition has enough space for your database!

You can get the files from redhat.