Shaun,
Thursday, April 25, 2002, 4:44:48 PM, you wrote:
SB> Ladies and Gentleman of the list,
SB> I have been a member of the list for about two weeks now and I must say that
SB> I have learned a lot. Needless to say I am relatively new to the whole db
SB> scene.
SB> My question is that I installed mySQL onto my linux box (Red Hat 7.2) as
SB> part of the installation. I am currently running 3.23.42?? I would like to
SB> upgrade my installation to the latest and greatest, however:
First: it will be usefull for you to read the notes for Linux
installation:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/L/i/Linux.html
SB> a) I do not know which files I have to download server, libraries,
SB> benchmark/test suites, etc.
Look at:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/L/i/Linux-RPM.html
You can find description of all rpm packages there. For the minimum
installation you should install server package(MySQL-VERSION.i386.rpm)
and probably client (MySQL-client-VERSION.i386.rpm).
SB> b) I do not know if I should downlaod and install 4.0.1, or 3.23.49a/50
3.23.49a - is a currently stable version but v.4.0.1 is also well
tested and suitable for uses.
SB> c) I do not know if I should download and install mySQL or mySQL-max
MySQL-Max is an extended MySQL server that is configured with some
aditional options:
--with-server-suffix=-max
--with-innodb
--with-bdb
CFLAGS=-DUSE_SYMDIR
MySQL-Max supports transaction-safe tables, such as InnoDB and
BDB. You can read more info about MySQL-Max at:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/m/y/mysqld-max.html
SB> c) Is the installation as simple as killing the sqld and then
SB> installing the rpm(s). If not what else will I have to do?
1. Take down MySQL sever.
2. rpm -qa | grep -i mysql
This command shows you which MySQL packages are installed.
3. rpm -e <package_name>
Uninstalling MySQL
SB> For those of you that would like to know I am currently using my db as part
SB> of a backend for my records of my hockey card collection, and statistics for
SB> my hockey team.
SB> I would like to thank all for taking the time to read this and I'd also like
SB> to thank those that will reply (hopefully).
SB> Shaun Bramley
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