[GRASS-user] GRASS installation without database on remote Linux box.

Dear All,
   I have a question regarding GRASS (say the latest 6.2.2 version)
    installation.
    1) Is it possible to install GRASS on a client machine without any
    database (mysql or postgres)? I tried and it installs. But not able
to
    view a vector map that I copied from another machine via the GUI.
    2) With the above configuration, if I want to query data from
another
    linux server running a MySQL database what sort of driver do I need?
I
    have MySQL clinet on the machine that has GRASS. But I am wondering
    whether I need any other library or driver.
    Thanks,
    -Karun