MySQL installation

Hi all,

I'm really new on llinux (some hours now), and I'm having a problem I can't figure out what to do. I've found a lot of sites describing how to install mysql on SUSE, they are almost equals. I follow this and as far I noticed there is no error message in any command I issued:

download,
untar,
../configure,
make,
make install,
copy and edit the my.cnf,
mysql_install_db

but when I try to launch the server with: mysql_safe thsi file is missing. I checked and there is a lot o files there (/bin), but not this one.

I've tryed all this process with mysql 5.1.52 and with 5.1.57. The same for both.

Any time for a newbee?

Thanks!
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