On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 10:51 -0500, Jim Perrin wrote:
rpm -e mysql-server yum install mysql-server
should accomplish what you want.
Only think I'd add to this is that removing the rpm doesn't remove any of the existing db files in /var/lib/mysql/ so if something is hosed in them, it will remain hosed on new install. If you haven't put anything in the db yet, I'd nuke the files in /var/lib/mysql/ before the yum install mysql-server command.
---- cli - as root...
# service mysqld stop # rm -fr /var/lib/mysql/* # completely purges all databases (beware) # service mysqld start # sets up default databases again # mysqladmin - u root password 'new-password' # sets root password # for mysql ### note by default, root user doesn't have a password
# chkconfig mysqld on # start mysql server daemon to automatically # start up on common run levels
Craig