installing mysql-4.1 with kearnel 2.4 debian

[keak]

Hi there,

I am currently trying to revert back to a mysql-4.1 after failing to install mysql-server-5.0

Apparently, 5.0 is not compatible with kernel version 2.4

PROBLEM: MySQL-5.x is currently incompatible with kernel 2.4. Aborting.
See [URL unfurl="true"]http://bugs.debian.org/416841[/URL] for more information.

When I do this:
apt-get install mysql-server-4.1 I see this conflict message:

deephouse:/www# apt-get remove mysql-server-5.0
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package mysql-server-5.0 is not installed, so not removed
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  mysql-server-4.1: Depends: mysql-server-5.0 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

This basically says that mysql-server-4.1 depends on mysql-server-5.0
Is this the case? How would one revert back to mysql4.x series on a debian.

any input will be of great help here ....
thankyou

 

[galorin]

Have you read through the link on bugs.debian.org, as well as apt-get -f install? You may want to watch what it does and then correct it. Afterwards, apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, then re-try installing mysql-server-4.1