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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.

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Hello!


Jangita @ FSA wrote:
> hello all
>
> i installed debian linux netinst which installed well; and proceeded to
> install mysql with the command below
>
> apt-get install mysql-server

Then this must have been a "deb" package, AFAIK.

MySQL currently does not offer "deb" packages, so you must be using a
package created by somebody else, most likely the Debian project.
(There is nothing wrong with this, of course.)

>
> 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?

This is a question which the Debian team may be able to answer, or
Debian users on this list.
As written above: MySQL AB currently does not offer "deb" packages.
Providing "deb" is on our to-do list, but you might also call that a
"wishlist" item - it may take quite some time, still.


> if not can someone outline step by step instructions on how to
> install the latest mysql on debian?

As you are using an i386-compatible CPU, you should first check whether
you use glibc 2.2 or 2.3 (I assume it is 2.3, but cannot tell for sure).

If you use glibc 2.2 (unlikely), you need this package:
mysql-standard-5.0.24-linux-i686.tar.gz
If you use glibc 2.3 (probable), you need this package:
mysql-standard-5.0.24-linux-i686-glibc23.tar.gz

Download it and follow the instructions in the manual to install
"tar.gz" on Unix-like systems (section 2.8):
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/...ng-binary.html
Do *not* use section 2.4 (Linux) as this is assuming you install from
RPM, which does not fit Debian.

>
> my version of debian is debian-31r3-i386-netinst (sarge)

This is where I got the "i386" from.


Regards,
Joerg

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Joerg Bruehe, Senior Production Engineer
MySQL AB, www.mysql.com

Hello,

You can get MySQL 5 either by a backport (www.backports.org) or by
changing to Etch that will be the new stable release in december. See
www.debian.org for more information.

Greetings,
Anders

Jangita @ FSA wrote:
> 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.
>

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Anders Lundgren
Viba IT Handelsbolag
Web: http://www.vibait.se

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.
>