Hello, I don't know whether or not the developers of MySQL are aware of this but I got the following error three time when I installed the MySQL-3.23.30-1.i386.rpm and MySQL-client-3.23.30-1.i386.rpm packages on Red Hat Linux 6.2: /usr/bin/mysql_install_db: test: integer expression expected before -eq I am running the Bash shell version 1.14.7 and RPM version 3.0.5 as shown by the fllowing output: [nzanella@tulip nzanella]$ rpm -q rpm bash rpm-3.0.5-9.6x bash-1.14.7-22 [nzanella@tulip nzanella]$ This error message is somewhat strange as I looked at the script /usr/bin/mysql_install_db and did not find anything disagreeing with the Bash manual in places where test and -eq were found. It looks as though "$IN_RPM" or $force is not evaluating to an integer. Why then is RPM complaining? Thanks, Neil -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check "http://www.mysql.com/documentation/manual.php" before posting. To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you have a broken mail client that cannot send a message to the above address (Microsoft Outlook), you can use: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php