Oh... This is the fourth time I'm doing that except that this time yum
installed mysql6 instead of older versions... I don't see any way out other
than reinstalling the OS itself... There are so many dependency failures....
I'm spending more time troubleshooting than actually coding something :)

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Nathan Nobbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 1:22 AM, Rahul P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks. I just stopped mysql and when I try to start it again it throws
>> another set of errors:
>>
>> chown: changing ownership of `/home-public/mysql6': Operation not
>> permitted
>>
>> So I guess something is messed up completely. I wish I installed it
>> better. Now the installing is messed up I guess with all sorts of bad files.
>> I will try Google now...
>>
>> Thanks for the help... :)
>>
>
> one benefit of package managers is that they let you uninstall and
> reinstall easily.  are you using yum or apt-get ?  in your first post you
> included both the commands..  anyway, id just uninstall and reinstall it;
> should take 10 minutes or so.
>
> -nathan
>
>


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Rahul
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering
Northwestern University
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