want to install mysql server 4.1

[alles_klar]

Hello all,

After a coupled days of playing with my new Kubuntu setup, I'm enjoying myself.

Still have quite a learning curve to go through.

Anyway I'm trying to install mysql server 4.1 (as opposed to 5.0) and wherever I look - mysql site, apt-manager, all over the net - it's as if it's impossible.

I even downloaded some 4.1.rpm file from somewhere, converted it to .deb with alien, but then the installation did not go thru the end.

I'm a total newbie and learning as I go.

Since my Rails host is running 4.1 and i don't want to upgrade to not break some existing apps, what can i do?

Please help

[penguin.ch]

Re: want to install mysql server 4.1

# http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.1.html
# http://www.devside.net/guides/linux/mysql

[alles_klar]

Re: want to install mysql server 4.1

Hi UnicornRider

# http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.1.html
# http://www.devside.net/guides/linux/mysql

I was doing well and got stuck in the middle of the instructions. Here is what I got:

$ sudo ./scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
Installing all prepared tables
./bin/mysqld: File './dell-laptop-bin.index' not found (Errcode: 13)
070724 16:37:02 [ERROR] Could not use dell-laptop-bin for logging (error 13). Turning logging off for the whole duration of the MySQL  server process. To turn it on again: fix the cause, shutdown the MySQL server and restart it.
070724 16:37:02 [ERROR] Aborting

070724 16:37:02 [Note] ./bin/mysqld: Shutdown complete

Installation of system tables failed!

Examine the logs in ./data for more information.
You can also try to start the mysqld daemon with:
./bin/mysqld --skip-grant &
You can use the command line tool
./bin/mysql to connect to the mysql
database and look at the grant tables:

shell> ./bin/mysql -u root mysql
mysql> show tables

Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths. Using --log
gives you a log in ./data that may be helpful.

The latest information about MySQL is available on the web at
[url]http://www.mysql.com[/url]
Please consult the MySQL manual section: 'Problems running mysql_install_db',
and the manual section that describes problems on your OS.
Another information source is the MySQL email archive.
Please check all of the above before mailing us!
And if you do mail us, you MUST use the ./bin/mysqlbug script!

Any ideas what to do next?

[penguin.ch]

Re: want to install mysql server 4.1

Any ideas what to do next?

Not really; the last database I trashed was an Oracle 9 ...