MySQL 4.0 Installation

[dapclark]

OK, I messed up. I've been running MySQL 3.23, and I wanted to upgrade to 4.0 so I could use the new boolean functions. So I downloaded the 4.0 RPM, and then tried to install it using -U. I received this message:

libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1017-3
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) php-mysql-4.2.2-8.0.7

I already had these files in /usr/lib/mysql, so I tried installing again using --nodeps. Now I can't connect at all, and I've tried both --oldpackage ing and -erase ing with no luck. What can I do to either get 3.23 back and running or get 4.0 working?

Dave

[stolzyboy]

here is a good link to install mysql and get it running automatically

it says its for 3.x.x.x, but it works the same for newer versions as well

http://www.e-gineer.com/instructions/install-mysql3xx-on-linux.phtml

[goldbug]

You can always do a source install.

./configure
make
make install

... goes along way.