Setting up a root user password I'm newbie in MySQL. I installed MySQL5.5 Server and Client in my Debian Wheezy. All I did was enter aptitude install myqsl-server. Now, I have no idea what to do!

I found a webpage that says I have to set up a root user password first, and, to do that, I have to enter with the following command:

mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD


Where "NEWPASSWORD" is, well, the new password. The rest are literally commands. So, I opened my terminal and as normal user, tried to enter with this command and I got this output:

mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!


So, considering all I did, what are the next steps? I have to create a root user password, but for what? And after that what do I have to do to create a simple table representing data?

All tutorials I read on the internet are very difficult to understand!
It seems that your server are down, you should start your mysql server first.