Upgrading MySQL to latest version 3.23.39 (at time
of writing).
Mark Fleeson
FTP the following MySql rpm's from ftp.mysql.com/MySql-3.23
MySQL-3.23.39-1.i386.rpm
MySQL-client-3.23.39-1.i386.rpm
MySQL-shared-3.23.39-1.i386.rpm
1) Install base rpm
rpm -iv --force
MySQL-3.23.39-1.i386.rpm
2) Find and kill mysql that's just been
started.
ps -ef | grep mysql
kill <pid
nos> i.e. kill 1625 1310 1324 1326
3) Install remaining rpm's
rpm -iv --force
MySQL-client-3.23.39-1.i386.rpm
rpm -iv --force
MySQL-shared-3.23.39-1.i386.rpm
4) Move new files to overwrite old
ones.
cd /usr/lib
cp libmy*
mysql
cd /usr/libexec
mv mysqld mysqld.old
cp
/usr/sbin/mysqld .
5) Remove new startup files so that original
e-smith ones are used.
rm /etc/rc.d/rc*.d/*mysql
rm
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql
6) Restart mysql
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start
7) Check new version
mysql
should result in
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands
end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 5713 to server version:
3.23.39
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