Excellent, thanks for the information! Regards, Andrew
On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 19:21, Kevin Coyner wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 06:43:55PM -0000, Andrew Ingram wrote...... > > > Hi everyone. I'm a newbie to Debian (using it because I got a new job > > and we use it there). I'm really enjoying using it and it has been very > > stable and good to work with for me. > > > > What I would like to know is whether I can get MySQL as an "apt" > > package, and if so, what lines must I add to the sources.list so that I > > can get it. We use Mysql at work and I need to get it installed at home. > > It is not included in any of the 7 install cd roms and I'd like to > > install it as a package if possible (since it's nicer to manage that > > way). If this isn't possible, I'll just have to get the sources and > > compile from there. > > I use testing in my sources, hence my sources.list: > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib > non-free > deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free > > And then to get MySQL: > > apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client > > will get you started as both a client and server if that's what you > want. It will also load in any other packages it needs in the way of > dependencies. > > To see what else is available in package form for MySQL, do: > > apt-cache search mysql |more > > and you'll get an eyefull. > > Kevin > > -- > Kevin Coyner > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GnuPG key: 1024D/8CE11941 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
