Hello.

Add to /etc/apt/sources.list

#Debian backports
deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ sarge-backports main

or,

#DOTDEB.
deb http://packages.tribal-dolphin.be/ stable all
deb-src http://packages.tribal-dolphin.be/ stable all

Then:

apt-get update
apt-get install mysql-server-5.0

You can see the list of packages at http://www.dotdeb.org/

I suggest uninstall all the packages of MySQL 4 before proceding to
install mysql-server-5.0

Regards,

Alvaro


Jangita @ FSA escribió:
> hello all
>
> i installed debian linux netinst which installed well; and proceeded to
> install mysql with the command below
>
> apt-get install mysql-server
>
> that also went well, i proceeded to configure etc etc
>
> when i logged in from a client i noticed that the mysql server version
> is 4! is there a way i can get an apt source with the latest mysql
> server? if not can someone outline step by step instructions on how to
> install the latest mysql on debian?
>
> my version of debian is debian-31r3-i386-netinst (sarge)
>
> thanks.
>