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2005-04-14

04:02:59, Categories: Linux

Linux package manager help ?

I have a recently installed Linux Fedora Core 3. In order to keep up with software updates and to install software in a consistent way I installed apt-get package manager.

But now I've hit a problem - and hope somebody more knowledgable in Linux can help me.
FC3 has MySQL 3 and PHP4 installed by default.
How to upgrade them to MySQL 4.1 and PHP 5?

And do that using a package manager? Sure, I could download an rpm or compile from sources, but then I would have to deal with all the package dependencies. And that is what package manager is for, isn't it?

While acting more on intuition and trial/error, found a good resource - Fedora Myth(TV)ology how-to - which includes a step-by-step guide for updating your sistem.

The problem is - I followed the steps, installed atrpms-kickstart, then medley-package-config, even changed at-stable to at-bleeding. But nothing helped - apt-get still offers only MySQL 3.23 and PHP 4.3.

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Comment from: Tweeks [Visitor]

Any luck with this?

I'm trying to get a FC4 install going with Myth.. and I can't even get aptrpm-kickstart (not available yet I guess). FC4 is still in pre-releast status... 3.92 I think.. Any suggestions?

As for your MySQL3.23 probs.. I would go ahead and get it from another repo like DAG or the like.. But you're right.. You'll have to greab PHP, perlDBI, and several other packages too. Better to just use something like yum or apt.

Tweeks

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