I'm using mysql server for providing database services. Download and install it. I already had it installed. Also install the mysql-client package.

Then, as root, I initialized the server: $ mysql_install_db --user=mysql

As root I started it: $ safe_mysqld

As root changed the mysql root account password: $/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password password

As normal user I started a client just to see if I could connect to it: $ mysql -u anonmyous