----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Ocean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: brian Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 10:19 AM Subject: HELP!! Now I've REALLY Screwed Up!!!
> Okay, following Brian's excellent advice, I went ahead and tried to install > these rpms: > > asp2php-0.75.11-1.i386.rpm MySQL-Max-3.23.44-1.i386.rpm > php-ldap-4.0.4pl1-9.i386.rpm > MySQL-3.23.46-1.i386.rpm MySQL-shared-3.23.44-1.i386.rpm > php-mysql-4.0.4pl1-9.i386.rpm > MySQL-client-3.23.44-1.i386.rpm php-4.0.4pl1-9.i386.rpm > MySQL-devel-3.23.44-1.i386.rpm php-imap-4.0.4pl1-9.i386.rpm > > Just concentrating on the MySQL stuff for now... > I get these fascinating results: > > #rpm -e MySQL-3.23.46-1.i386.rpm > error: package MySQL-3.23.46-1.i386.rpm is not installed > #rpm -i MySQL-3.23.46-1.i386.rpm > package MySQL-3.23.46-1 is already installed > > So...which is it? Installed or not? The daemon isn't up: Drop the packaging information with rpm -e (i.e. rpm -e MySQL should get it). > #mysql > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111) As root: /sbin/service mysql restart NOTE: that might actually be mysqld on the line immediately above. I'm not at home and can't check it out. Take a look in /etc/init.d to see which rendition is in there if you have questions. > I unpacked this tarball in /usr/local > > /usr/local/mysql-3.23.46.tar.gz Tarball? Unless you compiled it, this won't have any effect on anything. > So, whereas MySQL *was* working, now it's not, and I've got to get this > machine up and running pronto. Sh!t. Ideas on how to clean this mess up? > TIA, > BenO Maybe somebody can provide better help than this if it still fails. I wanted to reply since it was urgent. But I'm at work and any mail I receive from the list here is spotty. -- Microsoft: the comapny that email dangerous. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
