Problem with MySQL 5.0 installation in RedHat 9.0.

[coffytan]

Hi there, I'm was fresh in Linux platform. Currently I had installed RedHat 9.0 and now tend to install MySQL 5.0 into the machine. I used the command to run the installation:
rpm -i MySQL-server-5.0.0-0.i386.rpm

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warning: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, Key Id 5072elf5
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open packages database in /var/lib/rpm
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However, the installation was not able to start. The following message was given. Hope someone here can help me to solved the problem. Thx.

 

[donkeyhote]

try rpm -Uvfb MySQL-server-5.0.0-0.i386.rpm

 

[coffytan]

Had try it out, however, the terminal prompt for unknown option message.

 

[BIS]

Are you running this as root?

 

[Chacalinc]

your problem could be the user you are using to install (as BIS posted)..

forget rmp, use the .tar.gz instead. and use root.

cheers.

 

[stefanwagner]

And forget mrp, prm, pmr, mpr ...

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[Chacalinc]

oops.. sorry, you are right (again) stefanwagner.. it is RPM format.

;o)

 

[Chacalinc]

oops.. sorry, you are right (again) stefanwagner.. it is RPM format.

sorry for typo
;o)

 

[coffytan]

Ya you are right, seems like i'm using the wrong user. However, after using root, it still can't manage to run the installer. Seems like there's earlier version of MySQL had been installed. The MySQL package was given by the RedHat 9, it was still there even i had remove it from Add/Remove program. Anybody had any idea how can i totally remove the old version?

anyway, thanks for your help given so far.

 

[stefanwagner]

if there is no regular way to uninstall, you may use 'locate mysql' to find most of the mysql-files.

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