Upgrading MySQL 4.1-5.0

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Todd_Z
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Upgrading MySQL 4.1-5.0

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I'm deffinitely a n00b with installing mysql [im on my first virtual server] - it came with 4.1 as the default mysql server, but I want to upgrade to mysql 5 - the mysql.com docs seem only to have what problems i might run into with the upgrade - not actually how to do the upgrade. The server is FreeBSD - any tips?
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Post by AGISB »

If you are on a virtual server you might not be able to do the install.

If you got root access it is timeconsuming but not that hard.

Basically you read the instructions and do a

./configure -options

and then the make steps according to the manual

You could also use the ports of FreeBSD but I personally like to see what I am doing.

To use that Mysql version with php you need to recompile php and apache as well.
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