mysql install problem with redhat rpm

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:41:15 -0700, Ben Yau wrote:

> I did a quick search on the mailing list archive for "libmysql install" but
> no mathces so hopefully this hasn't been asked yet (for awhile at least).
> 
> I want to install mysql (mostly for client purposes) and am running into a
> "chicken and egg" problem.
> 
> [root at netmanage01 src]# rpm -i mysql-3.23.58-1.80.i386.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         perl-DBD-MySQL is needed by mysql-3.23.58-1.80
> 
> so I try to install perl-DBD-MySQL
> 
> [root at netmanage01 src]# rpm -i perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1017-3.i386.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1017-3
> 
> Unfortunatley, guess where libmysqlclient.so.10 is ?
> 
> [root at netmanage01 src]# rpm -q -p mysql-3.23.58-1.80.i386.rpm --list | grep
> libmysqlclient.so.10
> /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.10
> /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.10.0.0
> [root at netmanage01 src]#
> 
> Any help here?   Chicken and Egg?


rpm -ivh mysql-3.23.58-1.80.i386.rpm perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1017-3.i386.rpm

And do not use --force!


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