[rhn-users] problem with installing mysql server

[Steven Jones]

Can you do a clean install?

 

If so look at rhas4-32 or better rhas5-32 (it has mysql5). I would
suggest avoiding RH's ??_64, they are "piggy's" when it comes to 3rd
party software (often hard to install, unsupported by 3rd party vendors,
and lacking in "free" rpms compared to 32bit).....otherwise try
rpmfind.net and look for the equiv fedora rpm's if rhas4 ones are not
about....try mysql's website for 64 bit rpms....ie you have a few
options....

 

Or, remove all packages and then install off CD....(do backups of your
database first of course). You could install with -nodeps to get around
such conflicts, but that can be dangerous......MAKE sure you do have a
VALIDATED backup first.

 

Other possibilities is manually bring down rhas5's mysql rpms and try
that as its version 5.

 

Do note that you are turning a supported platform into an un-supported
one...

 

regards

Steven Jones
Senior  Linux/Unix/San System Administrator
APG -Technology Integration Team
Victoria University of Wellington
Phone: +64 4 463 6272 Mobile: +64 27 563 6272 

 

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From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Chen, Jason
Sent: Friday, 13 April 2007 10:03 a.m.
To: rhn-users at redhat.com
Subject: [rhn-users] problem with installing mysql server

 

Hi, 

Recently, I found our mysql is not running correctly. Then I tried
install the new version of mysql. However, on out Redhat AS 4/x86_64
platform, there were conflicts. I'm not able to remove all the related
mysql rpms since there are duplicate rpm names, like
mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1. There are 2 of them. So I couldn't remove them
with rpm -e and have a 'clear' upgrade. 

When I resort to the Redhat CD's, I tried to install the old version of
mysql, i.e. 4.1.7. But I got error when I tried to install
mysql-server-4.1.7 

"failed dependencies: mysql=4.1.7 is needed by
mysql-server-4.1.7-4.RHEL4.1.x86_64". 

This type of error also prevents from installing some other mysql
related packages. Can anyone tell me why it is asking an rpm package
which is already there and how to solve the problem? 

Thanks1

Jun

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