Re: [cobalt-users] Hang during Mysql install - pkmaster's

[Bruce Timberlake <Bruce.Timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

> I wget'd the package to /home/packages and then when I went to the
> Cobalt GUI 'Install Software' page there was the package sitting in the
> Upload box. Is that an automatic feature when a package is sitting in
> that directory?

Yes. And it will always remain there unless you manually delete it after
you've installed the PKG.

> I checked 'install this package' and, not paying
> attention to what was in the list of installed packages (it wasn't there
> before the whole process began. I made sure of that.), got a message
> that the mysql was already installed. So I don't know if the earlier
> attempt from using the pkgmaster url worked or what. Regardless, the
> package shows in the list now.
> 
> But, when reviewing mysql documents it states the directory should be in
> /usr/local/mysql.  Well, that doesn't exist.

The initial install might have failed but left the "marker" file intact,
which is what the GUI uses to determine if something is actually
installed or not.

Log in as root, cd /var/lib/cobalt, and do an "ls -alF"... if you see
the .*MySQL.*.md5sum file (not sure what the actual string is, but
you'll know it when you see it), just "rm" it.  Then when you try to do
the install again, it should let you.

Local installs of large PKGs, using the "wget" method you used, are much
preferable to "remote" installs, due to potential dropped bits, etc.

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Bruce Timberlake
Linux/Cobalt Technology Engineer
Communications Market Area
Sun Microsystems - San Diego, CA

E: bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx
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