Am Fr, den 06.02.2004 schrieb WipeOut um 13:34: > Hi, > > Following up on my prevoius questions about using MySQL 4.. > > Somone pointed me to this page.. > http://fedoranews.org/contributors/tony_smith/mysql/ > > Its a nice easy to follow guide but I am still unsure why the RPM's > provided by MySQL can't be used on FC1.. > > I mailed the author but did not get a response.. > > Would someone far cleverer than me plase explain why the MySQL RPM's > can't be used and why I have to build them myself on FC1?? I have no problems with the original mysql rpms on 5 FC1 Machines, one of this production enviroment (yes, it's stable!). To install mysql 4 on your FC1 Box, go to http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-4.0.html 1.) Download RPMS from mysql.com: Server, Client programs, Libraries and header files (if you need devel rpms!), Dynamic client libraries (including 3.23.x libraries) 2.) Remove existing mysql rpms via 'rpm -e --nodeps {name}', if installed. Check this with 'rpm -qa|grep -i mysql'. 3.) Install the downloaded mysql rpms...
