On 11/1/06, Eoin McLoughlin <eoinmcl at netsoc.tcd.ie> wrote:
> option to just extract the contents of the package (with debians dpkg
> the invocation is 'dpkg -x mysql*.deb /tmp/fakeroot') and you can copy
> the needed files over unto your proper installation.
Worth mentionning that depending on the binary you are looking for in
mysql, you might need to install libmysqlclient. A good way to check
what you need to copy for a binary would be to use : ldd -v
/path/to/binary/to/copy
Steph
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