removing MySQL by using YUM and RPM

[Jim Cornette]

Danesh Daroui wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> This is the result of rpm -qa | grep -i mysql:
> 
> [danesh at localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i mysql
> perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9003-5
> mod_auth_mysql-20030510-5
> MySQL-client-4.1.9-0
> libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-9
> MySQL-embedded-4.1.9-0
> MySQL-bench-4.1.9-0
> MySQL-python-0.9.2-4
> MySQL-shared-compat-4.1.9-0
> MySQL-shared-4.1.9-0
> qt-MySQL-3.3.3-8
> php-mysql-4.3.10-3.2
> MySQL-devel-4.1.9-0
> MySQL-server-4.1.9-0
> 

did you try running the below command?

yum erase MySQL*-4.1.9-0

I had to remove another application that contained many rpms and yum 
worked for me when using the equivelent command for OpenOffice 2

I have not installed or used MySQL before.

Jim