Installing Mysql Community Server 5.1 - Fedora

Installing MySQL Community Server 5.1 – Fedora 10

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Installing MySQL Community Server 5.1 – Fedora 10 Objective To install MySQL Community Server 5.1 in Fedora 10.

Pre-requisites 1. Download MySQL Community Server 5.1 from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html#downloads

Assumptions 1. There isn’t any version of MySQL installed on the system.

Procedure 1. Fedora 10 primarily uses the Red Hat package manager and the RPMs available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 should be compatible with Fedora 10. 2. There are several components of MySQL available for RHEL 5 at the above URL for download. However the most important components are – Server Client Shared Libraries ( Dynamic Client Libraries) Libraries and Header files 3. The first components are generally enough for development purpose. 4. Start the installation by installing the server rpm with the following command – rpm –i server.rpm

Installing MySQL Community Server 5.1 – Fedora 10

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5. If a huge list indicating conflicts with another package, namely mysql-libs appears, it is required to uninstall mysql-libs before installing the latest version of mysql. Don’t worry, all the applications dependent on mysql-libs will still work after installing the latest version of MySQL. mysql-libs can be removed from the package manager with the following command – rpm –e mysql-libs --nodeps The nodeps orders the Red Hat package manager to remove the package mysql-libs even in the presence of dependencies on it.

Installing MySQL Community Server 5.1 – Fedora 10

6. Try installing server.rpm after removing mysql-libs.

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Installing MySQL Community Server 5.1 – Fedora 10

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7. After some time and a few messages, the installation completes. Any errors encountered during installation will be displayed here.

8. Now install the client rpm with the following command – rpm –i client.rpm

Installing MySQL Community Server 5.1 – Fedora 10

9. The client installation completes without any output.

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Installing MySQL Community Server 5.1 – Fedora 10

10. Next the shared libraries are installed using the following command – rpm –i shared.rpm

11. Similar to the client rpm, the shared rpm installs without any report.

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12. Restart the terminal and type mysql at command line to start the MySQL client.

Installing MySQL Community Server 5.1 – Fedora 10

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NOTE – The above screen shots use the names “server.rpm, client.rpm and shared.rpm” for the downloaded packages. However the names may differ and the appropriate names should be used.