At this point I'd say it's probably safe to use the --force --nodeps options with -Uvh. Make sure that your current installed mysql db is not running when you do this. -swf -- "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney Key Fingerprint = 6FB4 A47C 793F 55C4 E2A7 6626 CC49 424A 155C AAD3 > Thank everybody for your replies:) > > Things look a little different now that I have used some of the info from > the group. This is what I get now after downloading (what I presume are the > right files). Does anyone know what I can do about this? > > [root at support admin]# ls > > MySQL-devel-3.23.46-1.i386.rpm > MySQL-3.23.46-1.i386.rpm > MySQL-shared-3.23.46-1.i386.rpm > MySQL-client-3.23.46-1.i386.rpm > > > rpm -Uhv *.rpm > > error: failed dependencies: > > MySQL-server conflicts with mysql-server-3.23.36-1 > > mysql-devel >= 3.23.27 is needed by perl-DBD-MySQL-1.2215-1 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list