[cobalt-users] upgrading an already installed MySQL?

[erik hansen <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

having a bit of a problem with our new (as of today) server.  i want to get
the latest versions of MySQL and PHP working (before throwing clients on it
and wanting to upgrade later) - however, the box seems to already have MySQL
installed and i can't get it uninstalled to update it.

:  Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
:  Your MySQL connection id is 24 to server version: 3.23.36

looking at the uninstall how-to it says to uninstall the existing MySQL by
running the script "/var/lib/cobalt/uninstallers/MySQL-3.23.36-1.uninst"

:  sh: /var/lib/cobalt/uninstallers/MySQL-3.23.36.uninst: No such file or
directory

since it seems to have been preinstalled i can't even do an "rpm -e XXX."  i
guess basically it comes down to whether or not i'm going to run into
problems just downloading the binaries off of mysql.com,  and installing on
top of the current 3.23.36?

thanks!
-erik