phpmyadmin and mysql 5.1

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maracaibo

I'm a new FreeBSD user, about 6 months old, and I think I need a happy meal! I've got mysql 5.1 installed on FreeBSD 8.0. I'd like to install phpmyadmin but according to FreeBSD ports, phpmyadmin 3.2.4 requires mysql-client 5.0 as some kind of dependency. Does this mean I have to downgrade to MySQl 5.0 to get phpmyadmin working or should I download it directly from the phpmyadmin site and install it manually? There seems to be a similar problem with mysql-gui-tools that also requires mysql-client 5.0, so this seems also to be incompatible with mysql 5.1. Any easy solutions other than downgrading?

Thanks a bunch.
 
databases/mysql50-client is just a default mysql client port ATM. You could try installing phpmyadmin as:
Code: 
make WITH_MYSQL_VER=51 install clean
and optionally add WITH_MYSQL_VER=51 to /etc/make.conf
 
Why use phpMyAdmin from ports at all? Just download it from their website and use like any other PHP app. I'm using it with MySQL 5.1 and PHP 5.3.1 on FreeBSD 8.0. Works like a charm.
 
Correct me if I am wrong, but mysql server and mysql client are two separate pieces of software that are installed independent of each other as needed.
 
johnblue said:
Correct me if I am wrong, but mysql server and mysql client are two separate pieces of software that are installed independent of each other as needed.
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Sorry, but you are wrong :) At least in ports, mysqlXX-server wants mysqlXX-client and will not install otherwise, returning something like "cannot install: MySQL versions mismatch....". And if you are talking not about versions, mysqlXX-server depends on mysqlXX-client; client port may be installed without server port, of course.
 
And I've missed mysql-gui-tools in the original post. Sadly it has hardcoded dependency on mysql50-client, you could try contacting maintainer to check why.
 
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