[CLUE-Tech] installing mysql on Redhat 8.0

[Ed Young]

OK! Replacing the packages with -i --replacespkgs did the trick. Thanx for
the help.

I haven't exercised the programs yet, but they're all present and accounted
for.

I feel shame that I was so quick to dis' RH. It's a darned fine distro, I'm
sure.

Thanx again.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jed S. Baer" <thag at frii.com>
To: <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] installing mysql on Redhat 8.0


> On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:18:03 -0600
> "Ed Young" <ejy at summitbid.com> wrote:
>
> > I ran rpm -qli mysql and it returned with a bunch of files in locations
> > that do not exist on this system. Does it query some database that may
> > or may not reflect the reality of this system?
>
> Well, I've never tried -qli. Using 'rpm -qpl {rpm-file-name}' will list
> the the files (including full path for installation) in the package.
> Sounds like the qli does similar.
>
> I'm not aware that this sort of query does anything but read the rpm
> file(s), and print out what's in them.
>
> > I  tried to remove the mysql package and got  dependency errors from
> > mysql-server and perl-DBD-MySQL. When I tried to rpm -e mysql-server the
> > rpm call never returned. ctrl-c does nothing to stop it.
>
> Yea, you'll have to remove and resinstall dependencies. You can do this
> with a single command:
>
> rpm -e mysql mysql-server perl-DBD-MySQL.
>
> Then you can reinstall with the same package list. If you do remove these
> three (and any other dependent packages), you'll get some errors along the
> lines of 'can't remove {filename}', since the files aren't on your system.
>
> Or, you can try to just reinstall, using:
>
> rpm -i --replacepkgs {list of rpm files}
>
> > At this point I'm guessing the rpm "database" system is corrupted
> > (Berkely DB?).
>
> I don't see any evidence of that so far.
>
> > I can't conclude anything now except that the package management is
> > whacked on this system, despite the little check mark in the toolbar
> > assuring me I'm"up2date".
>
> Well, OK, yes it sounds as if your RPM database doesn't match what's
> actually on the disk, but the reinstall might fix that. You might want to
> look at the verify functions of the rpm command. I haven't messed with
> those, so the man page will give you more info there than I can.
>
> > Is this someone's way of telling me to go back to Debian?
>
> I certainly won't argue that -- either way. There are good/bad reasons for
> staying or switching, regardless of what distro one uses. I have no
> troubles with MySQL on my current RH8.0 system. And rpm dependency hell
> isn't something I can blame on RH right now either. The only dependency
> problems I've had recently are just that various packagers either don't
> document, on their websites, what the dependencies are, or don't document
> them properly. And one case (gmplayer) where the packager goofed in the
> dependency checks.
>
> jed
> -- 
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> didn't weigh more than I do. -- Jason Earl
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