mysql installation on linux(RH7.2)

2002-02-27 Thread nagendra prasad 

hi
i downloaded mysql rpms from mysql.com
 tried to install them on linux.
when i use the command rpm -i mysqlpackname in shell
it says

error:can't get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/packages
error:can't open packages database in /var/lib/rpm

what shall i do.
later i managed to install it using both Red Carpet(ximian 
product),kpackage.in both the cases it gave installation finished 
,
but when i to try to configure php with mysql giving the path of 
mysql header files(/usr/include/mysql)
it says no header files r found in this dir.
but when i checked the file list using kpackage, i found all the 
header files in the same dir(/usr/include/mysql)
i don't understand what to .
HELP ME
I'M STRUCK
regards
prasad

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Re: mysql installation on linux(RH7.2)

2002-02-27 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød 

nagendra  prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 hi
 i downloaded mysql rpms from mysql.com
  tried to install them on linux.
 when i use the command rpm -i mysqlpackname in shell
 it says
 
 error:can't get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/packages
 error:can't open packages database in /var/lib/rpm
 
 what shall i do.

Install as root.

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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.

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