[olug] RPM install problem

[Dan Ross]

Noel,
That showed the older 3.23 install but none of the 4.1 installs.
Suggestions?

Noel Leistad wrote:

> suggest rpm -qa|grep -i mysq
>
> my system shows MySQL*
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> Dan Ross wrote:
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>> I have Red Hat Enterprise Edition version 3.  I installed the RPM 
>> 4.1.23 Mysql from the mysql website, both the Server and client and 
>> myobdc.  My problem is I cant get rpm to recognize they are 
>> installed.  When I do a:
>> #rpm -q mysql
>> I still get
>> #mysql-client-3.23
>> and when I type:
>> #rpm -q mysql-server
>> I get
>> #no mysql-server  package installed
>> GRR!
>> the mysql server is up and running with Cacti! But I am trying to 
>> install an application BAM 2.0 which uses rpm as its install method 
>> and it doesnt apparently search the system for an instance it only 
>> queries the RPM database.  Is there a way of updating the RPM 
>> database or can I tell the package to look for the Mysqld instance?
>> Thanks
>> Daniel
>>
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