I installed MySQL by following these instructions on my Oracle Linux Server release 6.5, specifically using the yum package installer command,
yum install mysql mysql-server mysql-libs mysql-server
However I repeatedly keep getting the following error:
MySQL Daemon failed to start.
Starting mysqld: [FAILED]
I tried to resolve the issue by following all suggestions provided by this thread because my mysql.dock file did not exist after repeatedly trying to find it's path with the locate, whereis, and find commands.
After this didn't work, I killed all sql processes and I uninstalled the software by using the following command
killall mysqld
killall mysqld_safe
yum remove mysql-server
I then tried installing the MySQL with rpm files with no luck and the same error. I also tried to do an upgrade with no luck.
Any suggestions on how I can resolve this issue? I am extremely new to oracle servers/linux, so I apologize for the simplicity of this question. Please let me know what additional information I need to provide if any.
