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Re: [TCLUG:2408] MySQL install woes



Have you tried installing a binary (pre-compiled) version or would that
not work for your situation?

gp

Richard Seymour wrote:
> 
> I am trying to install MySQL on my Redhat 5.1 box. (Tried all day
> yesterday.) First, I just used the latest RPM, and it seemed to install
> fine (mysqld was running at the end of the process), but I couldn;t run
> the tool to set up the initial database.
> 
> The manual said that I should try compiling a binary, but when I did this,
> it suggested installing egcs. I attempted this using an RPM and it listed
> numerous conflicts with the previous egcs (???). I also tried compiling
> egcs from source, but could not get the configure script to run
> successfully:
> 
> Created "Makefile" in /usr/bin using "/usr/src/egcs-1.0.3a/config/mt-linux"
> mkdir: cannot make directory `./gcc': File exists
> *** /usr/src/egcs-1.0.3a/configure: could not make /usr/bin/gcc
> 
> Aaargh! Has anyone installed MySQLon Redhat 5.1 and can help walk me
> through this?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --
> Richard Seymour, Anarchy Software, Inc.
> anarchy@anarchysoftware.com
> 
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