MySQL help. Im new to this.?

[vimalm]

I'm really good at computers but I can seem to figure this out.

I download this POS software {TuxSoft, Google it} and installed it and tried to run it but got an error about something like "no MySQL found." So i Googled MySQL, found it and downloaded it, not having any idea what I was doing.

I installed that to my best of my knowledge. So I tried opening TuxShop again. Same error. So I Googled "starting MySQL" I turned it on and see that the process is running. Opened TuxShop againg. New error: tuxshop@localhost ...wrong password" or something like that.

Now im lost.

I just want to open the software.

Can someone help??

[mark#]

the software would run with its database, which is created in mysql. What you've been downloading was mysql server where that database is created and run. do the followings:
Check the folder or .zip of that POS software you have downloaded.
find a file with .sql extension.
if you have succeeded in installing mysql properly, that's great.
open that .sql file , select all, copy it
click sql query on mysql server, and paste that on it, and run....
but to do all this u have to spend a lot of time to do the installations and understand all that, if u r new to mysql. keep googling different things and hope u would be able to find all the information ....

cheers,

[Teenschen]

TuxSoft, as with most server software like forums, wikis, POS systems, CMS, whatever, isn't like Word or Photoshop or other software you run on a personal computer. It is intended to be run on a server, and you need the appropriate services. One such service is a database server. Databases contain vast amounts of information, so a POS would need one. MySQL is one such database server.

When you installed MySQL, you needed to specify a username and password. Most likely, you weren't asked for a username, but instead you had to type a password for the user root. You did do so, correct?

Look at TuxSoft's instructions. They should tell you how to configure the database portion. Somwhere, you will have to indicate the host, username, and password. The host is localhost. The username is root (unless you created the user tuxshop). And the password is whatever you typed in the password for root or tuxshop.

[fundu]

Download AMP software such as XAMPP and install it. This wil linstall Apache, PHP and Mysql. Now unzip the package and look for a file with .sql extension. Now Copy it and use phpMyAdmin(gets installed with XAMPP) to run the sql query and you are done.