Ubuntu :: ERROR 1006 (HY000): Can't Create Database

PHP Code:

#mysql -u root -pPassWordmysql> create database whatever;ERROR 1006 (HY000): Can't create database 'whatever (errno: 13)mysql> 

Searching around I found a site that says the following:

PHP Code:

# chown -R root:mysql /usr/local/mysql# chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql/data 

/usr/local does not have a mysql folder There is a mysql in /usr/share but no data folder in /usr/share/mysql

what I need to do? I just installed mysql-server on this machine.

I am using: Server version: 5.0.75-0ubuntu10.5 (Ubuntu)

Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty