Thanks for your reply. I don't know the source directory of mysql, some directories are deleted after my attempt to uninstall mysql. I did not discover the situation till I tried to install version 5 of mysql (5). thanks Pengcheng Zou writes: > seems you have installed mysql directly from source, so 'rpm -e' will not > work. try run 'make uninstall' under the mysql source directory. > > ÔÚ ÐÇÆÚÌì 19 ÁùÔ 2005 11:30£¬H.A.G. дµÀ£º >> Dear members, >> >> I want to uninstall mysql 4.0 from linux redhat 3. >> I tried rpm -e <package name> but it did not work. >> >> If I already installed mysql using make command, how can I >> uninstall. >> >> Thanks >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>----- Get your free 15 Mb POP3 email @alexandria.cc >> Click here -> http://www.alexandria.cc/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get your free 15 Mb POP3 email @alexandria.cc Click here -> http://www.alexandria.cc/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list