MySQL/PHP

[Ahmed Sarwar Liton <leyton@example.com>]

HI,

I have been trying so hard to make a connection with 
my MySQL by typing these:

[root @example.com liton]# mysql -u root create mydb
mysqladmin:connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket  
'/var/lib/mysql//msql.sock' (2)
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' 
exists!

I absolutely have no idea about what this means. Can someone help?
Thanks in advance.

Liton