FC3 - upgrading MySQL to 4.1

feenster99 · 20 Jun 2006 at 22:46

Hi all,
I've got a web development server at work that runs Fedora Core 3. It has MySQL v3.2.8 (or similar) on it, which I want to upgrade to 4.1.

I've done yum update mysql-server but no update has been issued. When i try to get it from the development channel, it fails on some dependencies and tries to update PHP too, which I don't want.

Is there any easy way to upgrade MySQL only?

Cheers,
Matt

uk_viper · 20 Jun 2006 at 23:06

Code:

up2date -u

the alternative to yum,

feenster99 · 20 Jun 2006 at 23:09

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I have run the graphical version of up2date, and everything is, erm, "up2date"

Does up2date use a different source than yum?

Matt

riddlermarc · 21 Jun 2006 at 08:41

feenster99 said:
I've done yum update mysql-server but no update has been issued. When i try to get it from the development channel, it fails on some dependencies and tries to update PHP too, which I don't want.

Is there any easy way to upgrade MySQL only?

Cheers,
Matt

You can --exclude specific packages, check out yum --help:

Code:

login as: root
[email protected]'s password:
Last login: Tue Jun 20 14:08:53 2006 from unknown-237-uk.globalcrossing.com
[root@mail ~]# yum --help
usage: yum [options] < update | install | info | remove | list |
    clean | provides | search | check-update | groupinstall |
    groupupdate | grouplist | groupinfo | groupremove |
    makecache | localinstall | erase | upgrade | whatprovides |
    localupdate | resolvedep | shell | deplist >

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -t, --tolerant        be tolerant of errors
  -C                    run entirely from cache, don't update cache
  -c [config file]      config file location
  -R [minutes]          maximum command wait time
  -d [debug level]      debugging output level
  -e [error level]      error output level
  -y                    answer yes for all questions
  --version             show Yum version and exit
  --installroot=[path]  set install root
  --enablerepo=[repo]   enable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed)
  --disablerepo=[repo]  disable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed)
  --exclude=[package]   exclude package(s) by name or glob
  --obsoletes           enable obsoletes processing during updates
  --noplugins           disable Yum plugins
[root@mail ~]#

Yeah I know, ssh as root is bad

feenster99 · 21 Jun 2006 at 22:34

Cheers. I'm begining to wonder if I might be better re-installing with FC4 anyway. Will give the above a try first.

Matt