[Centos] Mysql B0rked - new install - confused

[nigel.kendrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Nigel Kendrick)]

Hi Folks,

I've just done my first two Centos installs, having moved over from
WB..er..never mind.

I seem to be stuck with mysql - it's not installing; well, on one system =
it
starts but there's no /var/lib/mysql folder or socket file and on the =
other,
mysql just doesn't seem to be there at all.

I have done a 'yum remove mysql' and then a 'yum install mysql' on the =
first
system and it's not helped!=20

Can anyone point me in the right direction to put this right.

Thanks.

NK