Site url vs home url

I’ve screwed this up again and can’t seem to get it straight. My domain currently has the wp install at domain.com/install. I need it at domain.com. I received the following instructions but am stuck at “copy the sql db”. I can’t see that option with hostgator. I can backup the files but not the db

http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
the section is:
Changing Your Domain Name and URLs

Is there any easier way than follwing these steps? If not, does the step of backup the database mean just the files?

Thanks in advance.

Jphearn