I can not install mysql 4.1 on redhat 9.

[Nick]

hi, all
I have a red hat 9 and looks like it had mysql 3.2.54 installed before,
but, actually not, i can not find the install folder and I can not
uninstall it. So I am trying to install/upgrade to 4.1, but, still can
not get it work.
Here is what I did:
[root@localhost DownLoad]# rpm -Uvh
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4.i386.rpm
warning: MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4.i386.rpm: V3 DSA
signature: NOKEY, key ID 5072e1f5
error: Failed dependencies:
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-5
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
mod_auth_mysql-1.11-12
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
MySQL-python-0.9.1-6
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1021-3
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
php-mysql-4.2.2-17
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) qt-MySQL-3.1.1-6
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) MyODBC-2.50.39-11
[root@localhost DownLoad]# rpm -ivh
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4.i386.rpm
warning: MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4.i386.rpm: V3 DSA
signature: NOKEY, key ID 5072e1f5
Preparing... ###########################################
[100%]
file /etc/my.cnf from install of
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4 conflicts with file from package
mysql-3.23.54a-11
file /usr/bin/isamchk from install of
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4 conflicts with file from package
mysql-3.23.54a-11
file /usr/bin/isamlog from install of
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4 conflicts with file from package
mysql-3.23.54a-11
file /usr/bin/my_print_defaults from install of
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4 conflicts with file from package
mysql-3.23.54a-11
file /usr/bin/myisamchk from install of
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4 conflicts with file from package
mysql-3.23.54a-11
...............

[root@localhost DownLoad]# rpm -e mysql-3.23.54a-11
error: Failed dependencies:
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-5
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
mod_auth_mysql-1.11-12
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
MySQL-python-0.9.1-6
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
mysql-server-3.23.54a-11
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1021-3
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
php-mysql-4.2.2-17
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) qt-MySQL-3.1.1-6
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) MyODBC-2.50.39-11
mysql = 3.23.54a is needed by (installed)
mysql-devel-3.23.54a-11
mysql is needed by (installed) MySQL-python-0.9.1-6
mysql = 3.23.54a is needed by (installed)
mysql-server-3.23.54a-11

So, I don't what should I do next!
Thanks.

[Bill Karwin]

Nick wrote:

I have a red hat 9 and looks like it had mysql 3.2.54 installed before,
...So, I don't what should I do next!

Red Hat drives me crazy! That Linux distro seems worse than others in
that it seems you can't uninstall or upgrade a single package, because
of all the dependencies. Basically, the only way to avoid the endless
chain of dependencies is to upgrade the _entire_ system all at once to
the latest set of RPM's offered by the Red Hat Network -- which of
course is a fee-based service.

IMHO, you'll be better off installing a non-RPM binary distribution of
MySQL (the .tar.gz downloads), or possibly even building MySQL from source.

Regards,
Bill K.

[Tom]

Nick wrote:

hi, all
I have a red hat 9 and looks like it had mysql 3.2.54 installed before,
but, actually not, i can not find the install folder and I can not
uninstall it. So I am trying to install/upgrade to 4.1, but, still can
not get it work.
Here is what I did:
[root@localhost DownLoad]# rpm -Uvh
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4.i386.rpm
warning: MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4.i386.rpm: V3 DSA
signature: NOKEY, key ID 5072e1f5
error: Failed dependencies:
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-5
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
mod_auth_mysql-1.11-12
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
MySQL-python-0.9.1-6
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1021-3
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
php-mysql-4.2.2-17
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) qt-MySQL-3.1.1-6
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) MyODBC-2.50.39-11
[root@localhost DownLoad]# rpm -ivh
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4.i386.rpm
warning: MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4.i386.rpm: V3 DSA
signature: NOKEY, key ID 5072e1f5
Preparing... ###########################################
[100%]
file /etc/my.cnf from install of
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4 conflicts with file from package
mysql-3.23.54a-11
file /usr/bin/isamchk from install of
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4 conflicts with file from package
mysql-3.23.54a-11
file /usr/bin/isamlog from install of
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4 conflicts with file from package
mysql-3.23.54a-11
file /usr/bin/my_print_defaults from install of
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4 conflicts with file from package
mysql-3.23.54a-11
file /usr/bin/myisamchk from install of
MySQL-server-standard-4.1.14-0.rhel4 conflicts with file from package
mysql-3.23.54a-11
..............

[root@localhost DownLoad]# rpm -e mysql-3.23.54a-11
error: Failed dependencies:
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-5
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
mod_auth_mysql-1.11-12
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
MySQL-python-0.9.1-6
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
mysql-server-3.23.54a-11
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1021-3
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
php-mysql-4.2.2-17
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) qt-MySQL-3.1.1-6
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) MyODBC-2.50.39-11
mysql = 3.23.54a is needed by (installed)
mysql-devel-3.23.54a-11
mysql is needed by (installed) MySQL-python-0.9.1-6
mysql = 3.23.54a is needed by (installed)
mysql-server-3.23.54a-11

# rpm -e 'rpm -qa | grep mysql'

# rpm -Uvh mysql-server-x.x.x mysql-client-x.x.x

or just update the mysql-client rpm at the same time as the server rpm

[boonkit]

Use the binaries that provided by MySQL, instead of rpm.

Download the MySQL 4.1.14 binary from
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.1.html (under Linux downloads).
Then extract the binary and read the INSTALL-BINARY