[SOLVED] What would be the best way to downgrade MySQL?

george-lappies · 07-15-2011, 01:58 PM

Hi all

I need to downgrade mysql5.1 to mysql5.0 to be able to allow a client app to connect to the db. The mysql version shipping with 13.37 is 5.1 what would be the best way to downgrade this to 5.0?

Thanks in advance

dugan · 07-15-2011, 02:05 PM

Download the MySQL 5.0 package from a Slackware mirror. Use upgradepkg to install it. Perform any necessary resets and initializations.

repo · 07-15-2011, 02:09 PM

Also don't forget to blacklist MySQL in

Code:

/etc/slackpkg/blacklist.

Kind regards

george-lappies · 07-15-2011, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

Download the MySQL 5.0 package from a Slackware mirror. Use upgradepkg to install it. Perform any necessary resets and initializations.

dugan, thanks for the reply. The last version to sport 5.0 is slackware 13.0 will that package upgrade the one found in 13.37?

dugan · 07-15-2011, 02:16 PM

I'm sure it will.

If you're worried about dependencies, then you can use the SlackBuild script in /source to build MySQL 5.0 on your 13.37 system. However, I'm 90% sure that that won't be necessary and the 5.0 binary package will work fine.

george-lappies · 07-15-2011, 02:39 PM

Thanks guys it worked like charm, marking as solved.