On Tuesday 21 February 2006 20:30, matt . wrote: > > Please let us know how you confirmed this and exactly which RPM is > > installed, > > please. Not that I doubt you but I have confirmed that both of the two > > rpm > > packages for Mandriva contain the mysql_config file. So, just to save me > > from wasted effort, if you can confirm the exact name of the rpm file > > that is > > installed, that would be helpful.
> I was mistaken, I did not have the -devel package installed. See my other > post as well, I set up urpmi and did what I thought was correct in > attempting to install it, but it doesn't seem to be installed > or...something. I'm getting a little bit confused, I'm sure there's one > thing I'm missing that will clear things up. Thanks again for your help. Well, I will make a suggestion here. Since you can't compile mysql apps, then the existing package you have is not valid. So, if you can remove it with urpme, you should do so. Then you can use urpmi to install the correct package and I would suggest explicitly identifying it rather than using a short libmysql-devel, by actually specifying libmysql14-devel, if you are running version 4 of mysql. You SHOULD, note the emphasis, be able to uninstall the devel packages without harming any running copy of mysql. Devel is only used for compiling other apps that interact with mysql. I have two separate servers running, both with mysql databases and I don't have the devel packages installed on either. I add them as I need to compile and then remove them when they are no longer necessary. Another option would be to build a development system with the correct packages, build your apps on that system and then transfer them over to the production system via by creating packages for them. I don't have any production systems that keep devel packages available because it is bad practice to do so. But, I don't know the specifics of your situation so I can't really comment. ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
