"goldengull.net administrator" wrote:
>
> i'm having a hideous time updating mysql here. i downloaded all the
> packages from a ftp mirror when i read about the php/mysql update. php
> installed fine, although i had to rpm -e the old packages before i installed
> the new. (i won't get into this any more. it's been discussed)
>
> but
>
> due to my problems with mandrakeupdate dumping the core when i try to run it
> on all my machines, i have to dl packages manually and install them with
> rpm.
>
> when i goto install MySQL, i get lots of error messages:
>
> [root@web transfer]# rpm -Fvh MySQL-3.23.31-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
> file /usr/bin/mysqlbug from install of MySQL-3.23.31-1.1mdk conflicts with
> file from package MySQL-client-3.23.23-1mdk
> [root@web transfer]# rpm -Fvh MySQL-client-3.23.31-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
> libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by MySQL-client-3.23.31-1.1mdk
> [root@web transfer]# rpm -e MySQL-client
> error: removing these packages would break dependencies:
> MySQL-client is needed by MySQL-3.23.23-1mdk
> MySQL-client is needed by MySQL-bench-3.23.23-1mdk
> [root@web transfer]# rpm -e MySQL-3.23.23
> error: removing these packages would break dependencies:
> MySQL >= 3.23 is needed by perl-Mysql-1.22_15-3mdk
> [root@web transfer]#
>
> i can't seem to get the new packages to install or the old ones to
> uninstall. what am i missing here? i don't have rpm package manager
> installed on my servers (high security). prehaps that would help? what is
> the name of the rpm to install for that?
>
> 'preciate the help.
>
> mg
>
Try this method:
rpm -e perl-Mysql-1.22_15-3mdk
rpm -e MySQL-bench-3.23.23-1mdk
rpm -e MySQL-3.23.23-1mdk
rpm -e MySQL-client
Do that in this order and you should be ok.
Cheers,
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