Re: apt-get install mysql

[Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com>]

On Thursday 05 May 2005 03:32 pm, Gallagher Timothy-TIMOTHYG wrote:
> I am trying to apt-get install mysql but I cannot find the software package
> deb.  I get the error:
>
> Package mysql is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package mysql has no installation candidate
>
> What resource has this package, any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Tim
>
> Timothy F. Gallagher
> timothyg@Motorola.com

In a case like this, try:

apt-cache search mysql

And it will give you a list of packages where mysql is mentioned.  When you 
find one you want to read about, like, say mysql-server, do this:

apt-cache show mysql-server

There are several mysql packages, including mysql-server, mysql-common, 
mysql-client.  I don't know which depend on which, but apt will resolve that 
for you.

Hope this helps (with MySQL and other packages).

Hal