Question

I am trying to install a software which required MySQL-server, MySQL-client installed on the server so now I want to install MySQL-server and MySQL-client using rpm files “MySQL-server-5.5.17-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm” and “MySQL-client-5.5.17-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm”.

I have installed MySQL-client but when I try to run mysql-server

  *rpm -i MySQL-server-5.5.17-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm*

it’s showing error:

  *error: Failed dependencies:
     MySQL conflict with mysql-5.0.77-4.el5_6.6.x86_64
     MySQL conflict with mysql-5.0.77-4.el5_6.6.i386
     MySQL conflict with mysql-server-5.0.77-4.el5_6.6.x86_64*

So how can i solve this problem?

Answer 1

First question – is the version of MySQL already installed actually in use or was it simply there as a result of a fresh CentOS install? If the former, try upgrading rather than installing. If the latter, uninstall the old version (possibly using the --no-deps option on rpm) and then install the newer version

Next, are you trying to replace MySQL or install another version alongside it?

If the former, again try upgrading rather than installing. If that’s not possible, you’re going to have to remove the older version and then install the new version

If the latter, and if it is possible, look at the --prefix and --relocate options in RPM.as they may help.

If you do to mange to get it installed side by side with an older, you’ll have fun and games ensuring that the relevant versions are pointing to the correct libraries and that you don’t get any corruption between them. Also, you will need to run them so that they listen on separate ports with separate database folders, PID and socket files etc.

Whatever you need to do, do it out of business hours with as many backups as you can do