On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 03:44:00PM -0600, Raymond Norton (ray at lctn.k12.mn.us) wrote: > I need to remove a previous version of mysql and install the newest. When trying to remove the previous version it complains about dependencies . I don't know what to do about it, so I end up with a successful install of the new version. Any help would be appreciated > > rpm -e mysql-3.23.36-1 > error: removing these packages would break dependencies: > mysql = 3.23.36 is needed by mysql-devel-3.23.36-1 > mysql = 3.23.36 is needed by mysql-server-3.23.36-1 > mysql is needed by php-mysql-4.0.4pl1-9 > libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by mysql-server-3.23.36-1 > libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by perl-DBD-MySQL-1.2215-1 > libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by php-mysql-4.0.4pl1-9 > libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by rpm2html-1.5-4 Do an upgrade of mysql, rather than an uninstall/reinstall. rpm -Uvh <mysql rpm> you'll probably want to upgrade the client, server, and devel tools at once: rpm -Uvh <mysql rpm> <mysql rpm> <mysql rpm> note: mysql is the client, mysql-server is the server, mysql-devel is the development tools for mysql. -- Amy Tanner amy at real-time.com