On Tuesday 22 July 2003 22:02, Matt D. Brei wrote: > I got it to work. I didn't use -Uhv. And no, I wasn't using wildcards, > it was just an example (bad one at that). I was trying to update MySQL > from 3.23 to 4. I installed the client tools first, then the shared, > then tried the server package but got errors about perl-DBD being needed > by MySQL-3.23. I then tried to remove MySQL-3.23 with the -ev option, > that said it was required by perl-DBD, then when I tried to remove > perl-DBD it said it was needed by MySQL-3.23. I finally got it to work > with a --force -ihv MySQL-server.rpm. The databases are all up and > running just fine on the new version. For future reference though, how > does one go about updating a package? The way up2date does it. I don't > mind using up2date, but it always seems like its a few releases behind. You would use -Uvh on the whole group of packages at once. rpm -Uvh mysql-*.rpm -- Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE http://geek.j2solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
