You might have had a 'distribution' that was installed via the 'RPM' method.
You can see if the RPM packages are installed by typing:
rpm -q -a | grep -i mysql
If some package appear (as 'mysql-something), remove each one by typing:
rpm --erase 'mysql-something'
Otherwise, if you've just installed the 'source distribution' and specified
a distinct installation area (i.e. "/usr/local/mysql"), you can try to
'find' the similiar files on your system (and back them up, then remove
them), by typing:
cd /usr/local/mysql/bin
for FILE in *
do
find /usr -name $FILE -print
done
Ignore the listing of files that are in YOUR installation area...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anatole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:21 AM
Subject: The old interfering with the young
> Here's my problem:
>
> I had some pre-installed version of MySQL on a Linux machine that I didn't
> want to use or know how to dispose of properly and then installed a source
> distribution on the same machine. I've gotten the source distribution
> installed all right and everything seems to be working smoothly enough,
> however, I have a lot of defunct mysql files laying around my server that
I
> would like to get rid of (from the pre-installed distribution).
> Additionally, I have to type the complete path to the new MySQL server, or
> it will try to connect with the previously installed version. Anyone know
> how I can get rid of the old files and fix my environment so that my new
> MySQL distribution is called when I enter "mysql", "mysqladmin", and the
> like on the command line?
>
> TIA,
>
> Anatole
>
>
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