can't uninstall mysql 3 from red hat linux

[limhy]

Dear all,

I'm using Red Hat Linux 9.0 for my company where below is the kernel version

2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003

Recently I accidentally deleted all user acc in the mysql module (using webmin) and I can't do anything with the database. So I decided to uninstall it.

I use rpm -e <package name> to uninstall few related rpm...until left with below rpms that i couldn't remove it.

[root@server]# rpm -e perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1021-3
error: Failed dependencies:
perl-DBD-MySQL is needed by (installed) mysql-3.23.58-1.9


[root@server]# rpm -e mysql-3.23.58-1.9
error: Failed dependencies:
libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1021-3

Pls advise as I wanted to install mysql 4.0 so that i can use cypheus.

Pls help

[adam7979]

i used to kill them all at once, (i don know any better way of doing this ... )

rpm -e perl-dbd-mysql myslqclient mysql-server mysql-blablabla

or rpm -e --nodeps mysqlsqlserver

but i don't know is there any side effect if it is removed the --nodeps way.... so play it safe, rpm -e pkg1 pkg2 pkg3

hope this helps