[cobalt-users] Re: Installing MySQL

["T. L. Bartelle" <tlbartelle@xxxxxxx>]

I have a RaQ2 and mySQL installed just fine.  I don't know anything about egcs or why you would need it.

Here's what I did:

    1) Telnet into your server and su as root
    2) at the rootprompt, type the following:

            rpm -ihv ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/experimental/RPM-NAME from below

                MySQL-3.22.21-2C1.mips.rpm
                MySQL-devel-3.22.21-2C1.mips.rpm
                mod_php3-3.0.7-1C2.mips.rpm
                mod_php3-doc-3.0.7-1C2.mips.rpm

These RPM's self install, "No assembly required.

Good luck,

Tal Bartelle
BearFruit Enterprise


> From: ebryan@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 01:47:56 -0500
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Installing MySQL
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I would like to draw on someone's experience in installing mySQL on the
> Raq2.  The various dire warnings have made me skittish, yet it appears
> others are up and running without crashing their machine.  I'd really like
> to do this RIGHT, hopefully the first time.
>
> After a considerable amount of time reading the various FAQ and Readme
> files, here is what I THINK I'm supposed to do.
>
> 1. Upgrade glibc to 2.0.7-29C2 from the experimental list at Cobalt.
>
> 2. The mySQL README says egcs and egcs-c++ are necessary to build the mips
> rpm.  However, it also refers you to README.egcs which says this package is
> very alpha and should be used at your own risk. (Gulp!).  I am ASSUMING
> that I do not currently have either in some not-quite-so-experimental form
> already on the Raq2 so it looks like the second step is to install (listed
> at README.egcs)
> egcs-1.0.2-9.mips.rpm
> egcs-c++-1.0.2-9.mips.rpm
> egcs-g77-1.0.2-9.mips.rpm
> egcs-objc-1.02-9.mips.rpm
> libstdc++-2.8.0-9.mips.rpm
> libstdc++-devel-s.8.0-9.mips.rpm
> Do I need all of these?  I plan a simple mySQL project and do not foresee
> any need for C++.
>
> 3.  Then, install the five rpm's listed in the README.php3+mysql
> MySQL-3.22.21-2C1.mips.rpm
> MySQL-client-3.22.21-2C1.mips.rpm
> MySQL-devel-3.22.21-2C1.mips.rpm
> mod_php3-3.0.7-1C2.mips.rpm
> mod_php3-doc-3.0.7-1C2.mips.rpm
>
> Last, the mysql instructions for egcs and egcs-c++ says "we turn off the
> enable-assembler configure flag to avoid compiling ia32 code on on mips".
> How is this done?
>
> Hoping some kind soul will enlighten me.  I'm feeling a bit like Alice
> right after she dropped through the rabbit hole.  (The Mad Hatter just told
> me to avoid compiling ia32 code, but the dormouse said to do it at my own
> risk.....)
>
> BTW, while researching "what the *(! is egcs" I ran across a cool page at
> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html.  Since I'm asking for help, the
> least I can do it share this little 'find'.
>
> Thanks.