[NBLUG/talk] How to uninstall mySQL? Any expert can help?

[Dustin Mollo]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 10:33:49AM -0800, Johnson Leung wrote:
> Yes, I did notice that. In fact, I actually used grep -i mysql. Sorry for
> the typo.
> 
> After I re-install,
> # rpm -i MySQL-server-4.0.18-0.i386.rpm
> # rpm -qa | grep -i mysql
> 
> I only have two packages: MySQL-client-4.0.18-0 and MySQL-server-4.0.18-0.
> 
> But I think there are other packages that I am missing, such as:
> mysql-server-3.23.54a-11
> libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-5
> MySQL-python-0.9.1-6
> mod_auth_mysql-1.11-12
> php-mysql-4.2.2-17
> qt-MySQL-3.1.1-6
> MyODBC-2.50.39-11
> mysql-devel-3.23.54a-11
> perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1021-3
> mysql-3.23.54a-11
> 
> How can I install those? 

how did you get that list of pkgs?  the fact that you are listing version
numbers, would indicate you found that list somehwere...  as for the mysql,
mysql-devel and mysql-server pkgs, those are simply duplicates of what
you've already installed.  given that you installed the MySQL pkg instead of
the mysql pkg, i'd wager you grabed the rpm from mysql.com's site, right? 
if you did, that's fine, but you don't need redhat's versions - they are
redundant.  the other stuff you can install using any number of rpm install
tools including good 'ol rpm.

> BTW, is there any use of the Desktop Add or Remove Application?

nope - all that does is add an icon to an already installed application -
just like adding something to the start menu or task bar in windows - you
have to have the application already installed, and then you just add
shortcuts to the menus.  it just so happens that installers (both windows
and linux ones) will usually do this for you.

-dustin