I've upgraded a workstation from Fedora Core 4 to Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 and have no idea where the Mysql server might be. I installed all Mysql components that were available with the OS, but the server daemon is not an option, nor can I seem to find any reference to a EL5 server by googling the world. Previous installs using EL4 workstation all work fine and dandy and the mysqld_safe is alive and well. I checked an EL5 server and the server deamon exists. Does this mean that with EL5, there is no longer an option to run mysql as a server? Anyone who can clue me in on this would be greatly appreciated.

Graci!

I don't have EL5 but I do have ES4. Are you sure you have mysql-server package installed? On my system, it shows this:


Also, I'm assuming you don't have a mysql startup script in /etc/init.d?

-twantrd

Also do some checking:

chkconfig --list | grep mysql

If you get nothing back try;

chkconfig --levels 345 mysql on
service mysql start

Packages installed on the box are:

mysql-5.0.22-2.1
mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.12-2.2
mysql-5.0.22-2.1
libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.8.1a-1.2.2

... these being the only options available during the gui install. I noticed that the options available for installation on a EL5 workstation number 5 where as there 10 options on a EL5 server (one of the options being the server package) as shown below:

mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.12-2.2
mysql-devel-5.0.22-2.1
libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.8.1a-1.2.2
mysql-bench-5.0.22-2.1
mysql-5.0.22-2.1
php-mysql-5.1.6-12.el5
mysql-server-5.0.22-2.1
mod_auth_mysql-3.0.0-3.1



My EL4 workstations have:

mysqlclient10-devel-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1
mysql-devel-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1
libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-10.RHEL4.1
mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
mysql-bench-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1
mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
php-mysql-4.3.9-3.22.5
mysql-server-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
mod_auth_mysql-2.6.1-2.2

installed... I'm wondering if, with the newer version of EL if the mysql server portion is not available to the workstation. I can find no documentation one way or the other, nor an rpm or source code for EL5's server.

I also tried the suggestion:

chkconfig --list | grep mysql

If you get nothing back try;

chkconfig --levels 345 mysql on
service mysql start

The service doesn't exist on the system......

Hmm..........

First sorry for the typo's;

chkconfig --levels 345 mysqld on
service mysqld start


Second, I noticed that you are 64-bit;

A little something to get used to for this; rpm -qa --qf="%{n}-%{v}-%{r}.%{arch}\n"

Example;
As a suggestion try; yum install mysql-server

The output of the rpm query looks like this:

libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.8.1a-1.2.2.x86_64
mysql-5.0.22-2.1.i386
mysql-5.0.22-2.1.x86_64
mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.12-2.2.x86_64
perl-DBD-MySQL-3.0007-1.fc6.x86_64
qt-MySQL-3.3.6-20.el5.x86_64

As for yum, it isn't able to find the server package.


...sure seems like the package is non-existant for non-server versions of EL5.

Then use the CentOS repo's as a backup: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Packag...ment/YumOnRHEL

You can also find the package at: http://rpm.pbone.net/

Ah... I see the new postings at pbone.net... but will I be able to adapt the 32 bit installation to this 64 bit OS?

Why the 64-bit version is available:

http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos...2.1.x86_64.rpm

Add a new CemtOS5.repo file to your /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory which has the following;

[centos5]
name=CentOS-5
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=$basearch&repo=os
gpgcheck=0
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

[centos5updates]
name=CentOS-5-Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
gpgcheck=0
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

[centos5plus]
name=CentOS-5-Plus
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
gpgcheck=0
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

Then try: yum install mysl-server --enablerepo=centos5

Ah, you're a prince! Worked like a charm! Much thanks and take a 5 outta petty cash!

-l-