mysql & php on RHEL3
 

hi

i am setting up a server at work, and after installing RHEL3 i found out that it doesn't come with mysql server. also, i'd rather use mysql 4.1.x rather than 3.23 as that is what i have developed my php/mysql web application on

i have googled and found plenty of guides, but i just wanna check a few things becuase the last thing i wanna do is screw up this machine.

firstly, here are the mysql packages already installed:

rpm -qa | grep mysql
php-mysql-4.3.2-16.ent
libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-5
mysql-3.23.58-2.2
mysql-bench-3.23.58-2.2
mysql-devel-3.23.58-2.2
mod_auth_mysql-20030510-1.ent

looking at some guides i have read i need to install the following packages:

RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86) - Server 4.1.13-0
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86) - Client 4.1.13-0
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86) - Headers and libraries 4.1.13-0
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86) - Shared libraries 4.1.13-0

i am a little confused whether i need all of these, and whether i need to install OR upgrade each one

do i need an upgraded version of mysql-bench-3.23.58-2.2 too (i won't be using this i don't think)


now, php is already configured to work with mysql 3.23 - do i have to reinstall php to get it working with mysql 4.1 or is it possible to reconfigure it somehow?


thanks very much
jon

in fact, here's a longer list of mysql packages installed

rpm -qa | egrep "mysql|MySQL"
MySQL-python-0.9.1-6
php-mysql-4.3.2-16.ent
libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-5
mysql-3.23.58-2.2
mysql-bench-3.23.58-2.2
qt-MySQL-3.1.2-13.4
mysql-devel-3.23.58-2.2
perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1021-3
mod_auth_mysql-20030510-1.ent

don't worry, i'm switching to RHEL4 which has all the versions i need as default.