Re: [cobalt-developers] libncurses mysql mess?

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Justin Lawrence" <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No one seems to know that answer to why I'm getting the following error, I
> think it has something to do with the NCURSES update from Cobalt that I
> installed back in January but Cobalt won't help me with it and I don't
know
> how or if If I even should try uninstalling it. I still get the following
> error trying to install MYSQL.
>
> [root /]# rpm -ihv
> ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/experimental/MySQL-client-3.22.21
> -2C1.mips.rpm
> Retrieving
> ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/experimental/MySQL-client-3.22.21-2C1.mip
> s.rpm
> failed dependencies:
>         libncurses.so.3.0 is needed by MySQL-client-3.22.21-2C1

Do *not* install this version of MySQL.  It has a major security exploit
that has been well publicized.  I am pretty sure there is an RPM for the
Mips architecture on one of the Cobalt FTP sites or somewhere else, though I
don't recall where.  I'm not familiar with this error, but I'd at least
check to see if the file in question is located on your box in /usr/lib or
/usr/local/lib.  I don't recall what the ncurses update was about, but if
you want to remove the new version and install the old version, I imagine
the old version is available on Cobalt's FTP site under the RaQ2 directory.
rpm -e and rpm -i should take care of it once you find the old RPM.  If it
doesn't help you can always reinstall the newer version.

> My question though is is their another newer version of MYSQL that I may
be
> able to install on my Raq2 without screwing anything up?

Yes.  MySQL 3.23.36 is the current stable release.  I'm not sure I've
installed anything newer than 3.23.33 on a RaQ2 (I'm runnning this version
on a RaQ2), though I'd recommend installing the latest version if you're
comfortable installing from source.  You can find it at www.mysql.com.  3.23
became the stable version a few months ago and I ran it without problems on
a RaQ2 for about a year before it was declared stable.

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