What is best way to install MySQL 4.1?

[chuck hodge]

Ok, I hope this doesn't sound dumb, but there are three downloads you
need from the mysql site: the server, the client, and the shared
components. Install the components first followed by the server and then
the client. If you have databases from an earlier distribution you will
need to run a script that is part of the download that updates the grant
tables (mysql_fix_privilege_tables). After the grant tables are fixed
you should be fine.

On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 15:31 -0500, John Swartzentruber wrote:
> I think this is a more general question than just MySQL, so I'm asking
> it here.
> 
> I am running FC3, which comes with MySQL 3.23. I would like to run a
> more recent version. I tried updating to version 4.1 using yum and the
> fedora-devel repository, but after downloading lots of updates and
> dependencies, it still ended up with an incompatibility and didn't do
> the update.
> 
> I don't want to screw up my system, but I would like to have the more
> recent MySQL. What is the best way to do this?
> 
> Similarly, what are the dangers of keeping the fedora-devel repository
> enabled? Once it updates things from that repository, can I go back?
>