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Submitted by Chris Cotsapas:
In Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake), you may find that you get errors saying that mysql.sock doesn’t not exist.
Here’s how to fix it – in a terminal type:
ln -s /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock /tmp/mysql.sock
see also Linux Debian
Submitted by TJN
A guide for installing tracks on ubuntu 8+ here
Here is a fuller installation guide for Ubuntu 8.04 that builds on TJN’s
Submitted by Neil