[Discuss] mysql problem

[jdm at moylan.us (dan moylan)]

john hall writes:
> I believe MySql in Fedora is now called MariaDB. They went
> with the forked project.

> Indeed:
> ~~~~~~~   [username at example.com]:~  ~~~~~~~
>  ---~23:16:39 ~--- ==> yum list mysql
> Error: No matching Packages to list

> ~~~~~~~   [username at example.com]:~  ~~~~~~~
>  ---~23:16:43 ~--- ==> yum list mariadb
> Available Packages
> mariadb.i686                                   1:5.5.39-1.fc20
>                      update
> mariadb.x86_64                                 1:5.5.39-1.fc20
>                      update

moylan 2014[1150] sudo yum install mariadb.i686
Package 1:mariadb-5.5.39-1.fc20.i686 is obsoleted by
mysql-community-client-5.6.21-1.fc20.x86_64
which is already installed
Nothing to do

moylan 2014[1151] sudo yum update mariadb.i686
[sudo] password for moylan:
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
Package(s) mariadb.i686 available, but not installed.
No packages marked for update

moylan 2014[1152] sudo yum update
mysql-community-client-5.6.21-1.fc20.x86_64 Loaded plugins:
langpacks, refresh-packagekit
No packages marked for update

moylan 2014[1154] sudo yum install mariadb.x86_64
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
Package 1:mariadb-5.5.39-1.fc20.x86_64 is obsoleted by
mysql-community-client-5.6.21-1.fc20.x86_64
which is already installed
Nothing to do

?? -- what next?

tia,
ole dan

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