problem removing mysql with yum

[Arthur Pemberton]

Mark Sargent wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> am wishing to remove mysql with yum, but, get the following. Any 
> suggestions.? I tried yum install perl-DBD-MySQL but it said nothing 
> to do. Cheers.
>
> Mark Sargent.
>
> [root at localhost ~]# yum remove mysql
> Setting up Remove Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package mysql.i386 0:3.23.58-13 set to be erased
> --> Running transaction check
> Setting up Repo:  dag
> repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    
> 00:00
> Setting up Repo:  base
> repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    
> 00:00
> Setting up Repo:  updates-released
> repomd.xml                100% |=========================|  951 B    
> 00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> dag       : ################################################## 2718/2718
> base      : ################################################## 2622/2622
> primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 358 kB    
> 00:02
> MD Read   : ################################################## 888/888
> updates-re: ################################################## 888/888
> --> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.10 for package: MyODBC
> --> Processing Dependency: mysql = 3.23.58 for package: mysql-devel
> --> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.10 for package: 
> perl-DBD-MySQL
> --> Processing Dependency: mysql for package: MySQL-python
> --> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient_r.so.10 for package: 
> MySQL-python
> --> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.10 for package: 
> libdbi-dbd-mysql
> --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package MyODBC.i386 0:2.50.39-19 set to be erased
> ---> Package mysql-devel.i386 0:3.23.58-13 set to be erased
> ---> Package perl-DBD-MySQL.i386 0:2.9003-5 set to be erased
> ---> Package MySQL-python.i386 0:0.9.2-4 set to be erased
> ---> Package mysql.i386 0:3.23.58-16.FC3.1 set to be updated
> ---> Package libdbi-dbd-mysql.i386 0:0.6.5-9 set to be erased
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: perl-DBD-MySQL for package: mysql
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: missing dep: perl-DBD-MySQL for pkg mysql
> [root at localhost ~]# yum install perl-DBD-MySQL
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up Repo:  dag
> repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    
> 00:00
> Setting up Repo:  base
> repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    
> 00:00
> Setting up Repo:  updates-released
> repomd.xml                100% |=========================|  951 B    
> 00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> dag       : ################################################## 2718/2718
> base      : ################################################## 2622/2622
> primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 359 kB    
> 00:04
> MD Read   : ################################################## 893/893
> updates-re: ################################################## 893/893
> Nothing to do
>
why don't you just do:

# rpm -e mysql ?