odbc

[Me - Atlantic]

Is anyone familiar with setting up odbc dsn's on ubuntu?
I have a data modelling package for linux that i'd like to try out but
it requires odbc.  I installed the odbc package from synaptic, along
with the mysql odbc package, but i can't find it anywhere on any of the
desktop menu's.  I found the odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini in /etc, but they
are both empty.  Any input is welcome.