problem with rpm

[ceimon]

I used rpm to install MySQL with the command:
-->% rpm -ivh mysql.src.rpm
I didn't get any errors and it showed the progress hash mars and everything. However, when issue the command:
-->% rpm -q MySQL
it responds saying the MySQL is not installed. I check the folders in the RPM directory and there is a mysql source file and .spec file. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong.

 

[sleipnir214]

Try:

rpm -q mysql

or

rpm -qa | grep mysql

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[sleipnir214]

Oops. I just noticed that you're installing a source RPM. Source RPMs do not have compiled code in them, so the contents are installed differently.

Try:

rpmbuild --rebuild <name of source rpm file>



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[ceimon]

I tried both of those statements. The first said:
package mysql is not installed
The other returned nothing

 

[sleipnir214]

Yeah, that's to be expected. All a source RPM file does is correctly install source code.

Try my rpmbuild suggestion.

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[ceimon]

when I tried it using the --rebuild option. It configured it, but I got an error during the build process.

 

[fluid11]

You didn't say what OS you are running, so I'll assume Red Hat.


When you install a source RPM, the contents of the SRPM are extracted within the /usr/src/redhat directory structure.

/usr/src/redhat/<subdir>

SOURCES - contains the original program source code
SPECS - contains spec files, which control the RPM build process
BUILD - source code is unpacked and built here
RPMS - contains the output binary RPM
SRPMS - contains the SRPM created by the build process

To modify an SRPM compile-time options, you need to modify the spec file (inside the /usr/src/redhat/SPEC/ folder) and build a new RPM and SRPM.

To build an RPM and SRPM…

rpmbuild -ba foo-3.11.spec

…or to just create a binary RPM…

rpmbuild -bb foo-3.11.spec


ChrisP