<b>rpm -qa|grep mysql</b> will show you what mysql packages you have installed.
You probably have both 3.x and 4.x packages installed and assuming you don't have a 3.x database you want to preserve, I would suggest uninstalling the 3.x package with <b>rpm --erase <i>name_of_3.x_package</i></b> To determine where the files in a package are installed you can query the package via rpm. To do so simply do <b>rpm -ql <i>name_of_package</i></b> You can use rpm -ql to find where the 4.0 rpm installed its binaries and execute them from there. --- "A. Lanza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After installing FC2 i realized that the mysql > server version installed > was 3.x. I wanted to install version 4.0, so i got > the rpm > package from mysql website and i installed it on my > system. > > Now it seems like mysql server is not running. I get > no output for the > command "ps -A | grep mysql". Also, when i try to > connect to mysql > server using mysql client, i get the following error > message: > > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server > through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > It seems like mysql server does not automatically > start when i boot up > my computer... how can i start it manually? Where in > the filesystem does > mysql server get installed after installing the rpm? > > Though, when i run the Gnome Service config. > utility, i can see mysql > service on the list, with a checkmark, and it > appears to be running... > i'm so confused about this. > > Please help. > > Thanks in advance. > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
