At 09.42 11/06/01 +0200, Francesco Marchioni wrote:
>Hi all,
>I'd like to update my version of Mysql on linux.
>How can I do it so that I don't have two copies of mysql on my machine ?
>Do I have to clean up the folder "mysql" and then install the new version
>under it?
I suggest you to dump all of the database you are interested in, first of
all. That's pretty easy, just run mysqldump for every db.
>And what should I download -the source code or the binaries- in order to
>update the starting scripts under /etc/rc.d/init.d ?
It depends on which version you have already installed. Do you use RPMs or
source code? And, which version of MySQL do you have?
However, you could also write me in italian ... but I guess personally,
otherwise nobody will understand! :-)
Ciao
-Gabriele
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Gabriele Bartolini - Computer Programmer
U.O. Rete Civica - Comune di Prato
Prato - Italia - Europa
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.po-net.prato.it
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A "Supernova" is the celestial
equivalent of "rm -rf /*" with
root permissions.
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