Hello. Add to /etc/apt/sources.list
#Debian backports deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ sarge-backports main or, #DOTDEB. deb http://packages.tribal-dolphin.be/ stable all deb-src http://packages.tribal-dolphin.be/ stable all Then: apt-get update apt-get install mysql-server-5.0 You can see the list of packages at http://www.dotdeb.org/ I suggest uninstall all the packages of MySQL 4 before proceding to install mysql-server-5.0 Regards, Alvaro Jangita @ FSA escribió: > hello all > > i installed debian linux netinst which installed well; and proceeded to > install mysql with the command below > > apt-get install mysql-server > > that also went well, i proceeded to configure etc etc > > when i logged in from a client i noticed that the mysql server version > is 4! is there a way i can get an apt source with the latest mysql > server? if not can someone outline step by step instructions on how to > install the latest mysql on debian? > > my version of debian is debian-31r3-i386-netinst (sarge) > > thanks. > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]