Mysql upgrade/re-install

[fed.linuxgossip]

How can I re-install the same version of mysql on the Debian 3.1 Sarge server which hosts a DirectAdmin Control Panel without breaking any settings on the server?



How can I install updated version of mysql on the Debian 3.1 Sarge server which hosts a DirectAdmin Control Panel without breaking any settings on the server?

 

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

This is the general guide for FreeBSD and Debian:
http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=106

If you want the same version you had, then the tar.gz file should be living in /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/packages.
So start the guide from the tar command on that file in the packages directory. Leave the data in /home/mysql alone if you don't want to hurt it.. and relink the /usr/local/mysql/data to /home/mysql (described in the guide).

Same idea goes for upgrading it.
If you want to create your own mysql tar.gz package of a newer version, use this guide:
http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=154

John