On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 11:36:54 -0700, Fred Krogh wrote: > I've just recently got setup to do updates to a Redhat 7.3 system. > After running > > yum update > > I get > > Resolving dependencies > .conflict between mysql and MySQL > conflict between mysql-server and MySQL-server > > This is not too surprising as the following shows. > > rpm -q mysql-server MySQL-server mysql-client MySQL-client mysql MySQL > mysql-server-3.23.49-3 > package MySQL-server is not installed > package mysql-client is not installed > MySQL-client-3.23.43-1 > mysql-3.23.49-3 > MySQL-3.23.43-1 > > I have no idea how I managed to get both mysql and MySQL installed. > I'm guessing that what I have called mysql-server is now called > MySQL-server. No. The packages with upper-case names are not from Red Hat Linux, but from some other site. > mysql --version ###### gives > mysql Ver 11.16 Distrib 3.23.49, for redhat-linux-gnu (i386) > > The database server is running all the time. > > I'm thinking I can rpm --erase MySQL but since it has programs common > with mysql I'm concerned that I may lose what I'm currently using for > mysql, and I don't seem to have that rpm. > > The questions are: > > 1. Can I rpm --erase MySQL without wiping out mysql? Yes. rpm --erase --justdb --noscripts --notriggers MySQL-server MySQL-client But double-check which one of the two installed packages is the currently active one! -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
