[cobalt-users] uninstalling/installing mysql

["Samuel Jones" <sejones@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK hear is my problem.  Had a copy of MySQL that was not installed
completely.  Did  "ps -aux | more", no sql there.  Did "rpm -qa" it showed
up.  Ran "ramp -e MySQL-3.22.30-1", it said package not installed.  Made pot
of coffee for a long night.  Discovered that other MySQL directories were
still on system.  Ok, got a brain storm ran this on system
"for I in `locate mysql | grep -v perl"; do rm -rf $I; done'
It got rid of all the other MySQL stuff, good. Once again, ran
ps -aux | more, no sql there, but shows up when I do "ramp -qa",, ran
ramp -e MySQL-3.22.30-1", it said package not installed.  Cannot install the
MySQL package I get "Problem installing package component:
MySQL-3.22.32-1.i386.rpm". Read all the archives found this and tried it
"rpm -e MySQL-3.22.32-1 --noscripts" posted on 1/23/00, boy was I happy, but
not for long, didn't work either. A week later only progress made is not
much sleep, have a full beard, out of coffee and many trips to the, you
know, other room because of the coffee. Once again, the problem, can't
install the MySQL package, because when you do rpm -qa it is showing up.
rpm -e say it is not installed.  The only difference now is when you do
rpm -e it say "error: cannot open ..var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm" guess I did it
to much.  Any help will be appreciated

Samuel Jones
sejones@xxxxxxxxxxxx






It would not uninstall by regular means, so I id it the hard way.  After
running rpm -e MySQL-3.22.30-1, that removed most of it but not all.  So
next I ran rm -r on the MySQL directories that were still there. Still
MySQL-3.22.30-1 was still there.