Re: [cobalt-developers] MySQL - How to?

["John Bacon" <bacon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a great 'how to':
http://www.e-gineer.com/instructions/install-mysql3xx-on-linux.phtml

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Curtis" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <list@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] MySQL - How to?


> (re-threaded)
> <* note to self: always read oldest to newest email, not the reverse *>
>
> > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > > >
> > > > When I try this i get a:
> > > >
> > > > failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm: Permission denied
> > > >
> > > > error: cannot open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Per Butschkow
> > >
> > >
> > > Did you su to root before trying to install the packages?
> > >
> > > [you@box]$ su
> > > Password: <enter admin password>
> > > [root@box]$ rpm -ivh (etc)...
> > >
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > You're dealing with a Linux-ignorant, sorry!
> > That worked, but when applying the RPM
> > (rpm -ihv
> ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/experimental/MySQL-3.22.21-2C1.mips.rpm)
> > the following message appears:
> >
> > error: failed dependencies:
> >         ld.so.1 is needed by MySQL-3.22.21-2C1
> >
> > What is missing?
>
>
> I'm assuming you grabbed the correct RPMs for your particular Cobalt
product
> (e.g. early mips-based Cube or Raq)?
>
> If so, then I'll also assume you kept the box updated with the relevant
> patches and whatnot?
>
>
> If your ld.so >= 1.0 (see previous email),  try the following from a
shell:
>
> $ ls -l /lib | grep ld.so
>
> If you see something like:
>
> -rwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         102k Mar 21  1999 ld.so.1.x.x
>
> and *don't* see:
>
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           11 Mar 22  1999 ld.so.1 ->
> ld.so.1.x.x
>
> It may just be a missing symlink.  Try:
>
> $ cd /lib
> $ ln -s ld.so.1.x.x ld.so.1
>
> and retry the RPM installation.
>
> *DISCLAIMER*
> I haven't worked with any of the early MIPS based Cobalt hardware, so I'm
> going by my general knowledge only.  Some filenames and paths may be a bit
> different than what's listed above.
>
> --
> Brian Curtis
>
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