[olug] RPM install problem

Noel Leistad noel at metc.net
Thu Jul 28 15:30:31 UTC 2005


suggest rpm -qa|grep -i mysq

my system shows MySQL*

Dan Ross wrote:
> 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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