yum - mysql upgrade/install

[Matthew Miller]

On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 06:06:42AM -0700, bruce wrote:
> i can get the mysql RPM from pbone, but i was wondering if i can set yum up
> so that yum automatically finds the rpm, and handles the dependency issues.
> i've tried to create a yum repos file, but yum seems to complain that it
> can't find the 'repodata/repomd.xml' file...

You'll need to find a yum repository with these packages built for FC4.
> 
>  -does anyone have a successful repos file for pbone/mysql
>   that i can take a look at.

pbone just searches various sites; it isn't actually a coherent repository
that would be useful to yum. So that answer is "no, no one does".

>  -if i simply download the RPM, how can i point yum to the
>   rpm, so that yum goes ahead and handles the installation
>   and the resolving of the dependency issues..

If dependencies for an RPM you've downloaded *can* be resolved by the
repositories you've configured, "yum localinstall mydownloaded.rpm" will
work.

But the easiest way here is going to be to upgrade to FC5.


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