Why don't you just use yum install ..... Should sort out most if not all your problems regarding installation of mysql.
Regards Brian vd Westhuizen -----Original Message----- From: Asma rabe [mailto:asma.r...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2014 1:21 a.m. To: geetanjali mehra Cc: Johan De Meersman; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: New to MySQL Thank you very much for responding. I have checked before installation if mysql is installed using which mysql ,i found no mysql is installed. next i did rpm installation and got the errors rpm -i MySQL-server-5.6.16-1.el6.x86_64.rpm I got the following errors file /usr/share/mysql/czech/errmsg.sys from install of MySQL-server-5.6.16-1.el6.x86_64 conflicts with file from package mysql-libs-5.1.61-1.el6_2.1.x86_64 file /usr/share/mysql/danish/errmsg.sys from install of MySQL-server-5.6.16-1.el6.x86_64 conflicts with file from package mysql-libs-5.1.61-1.el6_2.1.x86_64 when i check now which mysql i found it has installed in /bin/mysql when i try to run mysql Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) Any idea? Thank you all for your kind help Rabe On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:30 AM, geetanjali mehra < mailtogeetanj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for responding. > MySQL installation ,here, do not require mysql-libs package. As far as > I know, there is no harm on using this command. I too got the same > problem, and I didn't face any problem after removing this package. > This package is installed by default and not needed here. So, this command is > very safe. > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Johan De Meersman <vegiv...@tuxera.be > >wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "geetanjali mehra" <mailtogeetanj...@gmail.com> > > > Subject: Re: New to MySQL > > > > > > use > > > rpm -i --replacefiles MySQL-server*.rpm > > > > While that will work, it really shouldn't happen. I'm a Debian man > myself, > > so I don't know wether it's a problem with the packages or if you > > simply don't need the -libs package when installing the server. > > > > I would, however, suggest using Rug, Zypper or a similar advanced > > package manager instead of barebones RPM, as those will actually > > find and install any necessary dependencies, too. > > > > > > > > -- > > Unhappiness is discouraged and will be corrected with kitten pictures. > > > > -- > > MySQL General Mailing List > > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > > > > > > -- > Geetanjali Mehra > Oracle DBA Corporate Trainer > Koenig-solutions > Moti Nagar,New Delhi > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
