upgrade pre-installed mysql

2639 · 04-27-2005, 06:49 PM

i just installed rh9 and THOUGHT i'd chosen to not install mysql. i tried installing the latest rpm but it conflicts with mysql-3.23.54a-11

i can't use rpm -e. so, what do i have to do to get the latest version installed? i have a feeling that i'm gonna run into similar problems with apache and php and anything else i wanna install.

someone with prior experience, please help. any advice or links to threads or webpages would be great

cowboy_jake · 04-28-2005, 11:30 AM

Your subject line says it all... "upgrade".

Check out the details of the "-U" flag in the rpm man page

2639 · 04-28-2005, 05:39 PM

thanks! i sure will

2639 · 04-28-2005, 06:57 PM

well, that didnt work. i got a lot of errors saying that {the new mysql} conflicts with file from package {old mysql} when I do rpm -ivh .....
i got the following errors when doing rpm -U ... libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) libdbi-dbd-mysql yadda yadda..and a total of 4 like that.

I inserted the install disk of red hat and tried to do an 'upgrade' hoping i could remove the stuff but apparantly, nothing is installed weird.