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

Johnson Leung jmlleung at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 30 11:52:00 PST 2004


Without knowing your needs or use for version 4.

JL>>> I am trying to use zwarehouse (and zope) to build an E-commerce web
site. It should be similar to osCommerce, except that it uses Python instead
of PHP.

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.
JL>>> So Red Hat Linux comes with a version of mysql too? I think I have got
rid of the RH packages, as there is nothing related to "mysql" when I do a
rpm -qa | grep -i mysql. There are only two packages now:
MySQL-server-4.0.18.0 and MySQL-client-4.0.18-0.

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....
JL>>> How do I remove all traces of RH packages for mysql. Is doing rpm -qa
| grep -I mysql sufficient? Please advice in details.

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.
JL>>> Why? I thought the rpm modules from MySQL website are already
compiled. I just need to do a rpm -i [pkg] and that's it. Am I missing
something here?


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
JL>>> Which modules from my RH install is not included here? I am afraid
that I have removed them already.

JL>>> What is the difference between "Dynamic client libraries " and
"Dynamic client libraries (including 3.23.x libraries)"? Do I need to
install both?

Thanks a lot,
Johnson


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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