[CentOS] Uninstalled MySQL, and can't re-install

[BanksyHF]

So, today I was messing around with MySQL, trying to get MySQLi to install, and then, not sure how I did it, uninstalled MySQL completely. For some reason, I can't reinstall it either. It just says, no packages available. Can anybody help me?

[yancek]

What version of Centos are you using?
Is it a new installation?
How did you try to reinstall mysql?

[BanksyHF]

What version of Centos are you using?
Is it a new installation?
How did you try to reinstall mysql?

I tried yum install mysql-server mysql mysql-devel, and they all said no packages available.

It's a relatively new installation, I just installed it two days ago, and I am using CentOS 5.6 x64

[atreyu]

Try this:

first use rpm to remove the package names from the rpm database (just the package names, not the files themselves):

rpm -e --justdb mysql-server mysql mysql-devel

then try to install them again, now that yum thinks they're gone:

yum install mysql-server mysql mysql-devel

hth

[BanksyHF]

Try this:

first use rpm to remove the package names from the rpm database (just the package names, not the files themselves):

rpm -e --justdb mysql-server mysql mysql-devel

then try to install them again, now that yum thinks they're gone:

yum install mysql-server mysql mysql-devel

hth

root@localhost [~]# rpm -e --justdb mysql-server mysql mysql-devel
error: package mysql-server is not installed
error: package mysql is not installed
error: package mysql-devel is not installed
root@localhost [~]# yum install mysql-server mysql mysql-devel
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.san.fastserv.com
* extras: mirror.5ninesolutions.com
* updates: mirrors.usc.edu
base | 2.1 kB 00:00
c5-testing | 1.9 kB 00:00
extras | 2.1 kB 00:00
updates | 1.9 kB 00:00
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Reducing CentOS-5 Testing to included packages only
Finished
Setting up Install Process
No package mysql-server available.
No package mysql available.
No package mysql-devel available.
* Maybe you meant: MySQL-devel
Nothing to do

[atreyu]

okay, it appears your yum repo file(s) might not be finding the right mirror? I can see the packages you need right here:

Index of /centos/5.6/os/x86_64/CentOS

Let's look at your repo config - show the contents of the following:

grep -H . /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo

[BanksyHF]

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[atreyu]

yikes, that's a lot of repos. let's just temporarily disable them and use a test repo.

Disable (back up) the old repos:

mkdir /etc/yum.repos.d/DISABLED
mv -v /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/DISABLED/

You should see a bunch of files get moved to that DISABLED dir. Now yum wont use them, but they are there if you ever need them again.

Now make a test repo. Make the file /etc/yum.repos.d/centos.repo and put the following in it:

[centos]
name=CentOS - $releasever - Base - $basearch
baseurl=http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5.6/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
enabled=1

See if you can see the repo:

yum repolist

If that works, list available packages:

yum list available

If that works, use yum as normal...