søndag 04. januar 2004, 22:45, skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I got version 3.23.56 of mysql with my redhat installation as an rpm > package and now want to upgrade to the latest 4 version. My question is: > how I can upgrade my current installation myself without going through > the rpm package installer? > > Thanks, > > -Jalil
I guess you can install the tarball in /usr/local. You will then have a directory called something like mysql-standard-4.0.17-pc-linux-i686. Make a symlink to it call mysql so you will have /usr/local/mysql Inside that directory remove the data directory, and make a symlink called data to the directory where you have your databases for the old installation. When the new database is up and running you need to run mysql_fix_privilege_tables since there has been some changes since 3.23 This is a *very* rough description that may not suit you setup, but it should give you some ideas. See the README and INSTALL-BINARY files in the tarball. Regards, Arne -- -------------------------------- Arne K. Haaje | www.drlinux.no Bregneveien 9 | 1825 Tomter | M: 92 88 44 66 -------------------------------- -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]