How to upgrade suse11mysql from 5.1 to 5.5
1. view the installed installation package
Rpm-qa | grep-I mysql
MySQL-server-5.0.67-1.sles11
Libqt4-sql-mysql-4.6.2-1.6.11
Libmysqlclient15-5.0.67-13.20.1
Php5-mysql-5.2.6-50.24.1
MySQL-client-5.0.67-1.sles11
Libmysqlclient_r15-5.0.67-13.20.1
2. delete an existing mysql instance
Rpm e MySQL-server-5.0.67-1.sles11
Rpm e MySQL-client-5.0.67-1.sles11
3. Remove mysql-related directories and files. find/-name mysql
/Etc/apparmor. d/export actions/mysql
/Var/lib/mysql
/Var/lib/mysql
/Usr/lib64/mysql
/Usr/local/quickfix_old/src/SQL/mysql
Rm-rf/etc/apparmor. d/abstractions/mysql
Rm-rf/var/lib/mysql
Rm-rf/var/lib/mysql
Rm-rf/usr/lib64/mysql
Rm-rf/usr/local/quickfix_old/src/SQL/mysql
Ls/etc/my *
/Bin/ls:/etc/my *: No such file or directory
4. Install rpm-ivh MySQL-server-5.5.42-1.sles11.x86_64.rpm
Rpm-ivh MySQL-client-5.5.42-1.sles11.x86_64.rpm
5. How to download the mysql installation package can open the web site to download: http://mirrors.sohu.com/mysql/MySQL-5.5/
