Topic: Any possibility of getting MySQL 5.1 or higher on SME 8?

[meelis]

Enyone tried install Mysql5.1 or higher. I need this for moodle 2.4.x

[Stefano]

start from google -> "centos 5 mysql 5.1 howto"

then test on a virtual machine

report here

thank you

P.S. this is unsupported, you know..

[CharlieBrady]

start from google -> "centos 5 mysql 5.1 howto"

That will probably find you instructions for replacing the 5.0 version with 5.1, which may not be the best way to do it.

Red Hat have a 'software collections' method to allow installation of multiple versions concurrently.

http://developerblog.redhat.com/2013/01/28/software-collections-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux/

This will allow you to have mysql55 rpms installed independently of mysql 5.0. You would then need to follow instructions like these to start mysql55 using a different data directory, port number, socket path, etc, so that you have two completely independent mysql instances. You would need to configure moodle to use this second instance.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/multiple-servers.html

Shame on moodle for requiring 5.1, rather than just adapting to what you have available.

[alext]

Seems like Joomla 3.x also reqires MySQL 5.1 as minimum too.