Thank you for the directions to install mysql. Have one query. How can you specify the "sudo get-apt install" command to install the software in another media drive? I am booting my laptop using a USB drive (Ubuntu 9.04). Since the space in the USB drive is limited, i want to install the mysql on to the D:\ of the laptop (windows loaded on C:\). Request your help in this.
use synaptic download manager to download phpmyadmin rather than using shell command like sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin. This command does not install all the packages required for phpmyadmin to run.