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

[Mark Street]

Without knowing your needs or use for version 4.

Mixing different versions of mysql and MySQL is your problem.  The server that 
comes with your Red Hat distro is a lower case naming convention.  The 
package that you get from the MySQL website has the upper case characters.  
The devel and modules to access the server cannot be mixed and matched, they 
are totally different packages.

Personally I would remove any trace of Red Hat's packages for mysql and any 
devel, support libs or additional modules to access the server.  Then....

1.  If you want to use the RPM's from MySQL's website you have to worry about 
some of the module packages yourself, either compile them from source or 
create a custom RPM from a source package IF you can find one.

2.  Install all available RPMS from MySQL.  NOTE:  some of the modules from 
your Red Hat install will not be included in these packages.

Server		4.0.18-0
**Benchmark/test suites		4.0.18-0 - You may not need these
Client programs		4.0.18-0
Libraries and header files		4.0.18-0
Dynamic client libraries		4.0.18-0
**Embedded server		4.0.18-0 - You may not need this
Dynamic client libraries (including 3.23.x libraries)		4.0.18-0	479.6K

On Tuesday 30 March 2004 10:33 am, Johnson Leung wrote:
> 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?

Sorry dude, you have to make your own, the mysql packages are the Red Hat's 
version of the mysql server and client packages.  The modules and everything 
else is up to you.
> BTW, is there any use of the Desktop Add or Remove Application?

Yes, but they won't help this situation much. - 

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