mysql and phpmyadmin

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Can i upgrade these to the latest verstion without messing cpanel up??

Thank you

P.S i did submit a TT before i posted this and tried to search but didn't find anything and didn't get a reply

[mickalo]

You can install MySQL in a different location, either by using the binary
or source distribution from MySQL. As the Cpanel uses the RPM install and
installs MySQL in the default location, /var/lib/mysql.

We did this on our server as we run two differnet MySQL server/clients
for production and development projects. We removed the RPM version and
had to make various modification to the Cpanel skins.

After removing the RPM MySQL version, (rpm -e MySQL),.. we had to create
a symbolic link from the /tmp/mysql.sock to /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock.

Or if you want to leave the MySQL installed for the Cpanel. Then simply
install a second copy, using a differnet socket and TCP/IP configuration
and setup and config a my.cnf file in the new MySQL base directory.

I recommend building from the source distro, alot more flexibility.

Hope this helps.

Mickalo