2 messages in com.mysql.lists.mysqlRe: Help!!| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Escobar, Jaime W (EXP) | 07 Mar 2000 07:54 | |
| Thimble Smith | 07 Mar 2000 09:53 |
| Subject: | Re: Help!! |
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| From: | Thimble Smith (ti...@mysql.com) |
| Date: | 03/07/2000 09:53:15 AM |
| List: | com.mysql.lists.mysql |
On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 10:55:10AM -0500, Escobar, Jaime W (EXP) wrote:
Can anyone help me, I have tried to install MySQL on my Redhat linux box several times and in several ways (RPM, binary, source) and cannot seem to get it.
What can I do, i dont mind starting all over.
Jaime, it sounds like you would be best off starting over. First, you should get rid of everything that was installed, so that you know you are starting fresh. 'rpm -e <mysql-package-name>' should get rid of the RPM installation. For source and binary installs, you need to find where the files are and just remove them. Look in /usr/local/{lib,include,share,bin,libexec}/mysql, and also in /usr/local/mysql and /usr/local/man/man1 and /usr/local/info. Look in /var for your databases.
Once you find all of the old stuff and get rid of it, do a ps also and make sure you don't have any mysqld running. Kill it if you do.
Now, pick one thing to get working, and stick with it. They all install into different places, so if you try RPM and binary, you might get confused. Also, if you get some RPMs from the MySQL home page and other RPMs from, say, RedHat, you might have things installed in different places, which can also be confusing.
I think the linux binaries are very easy to install, and may be simpler even than the RPMs unless you are used to using RPM.
Tim
-- Tim Smith < ti...@mysql.com > :MySQL Development Team: Boone, NC USA.