Hi everyone,

I must be the most stupid human on the planet but after doing
extensive searching in the MySQL manuals/help, in this group, on the
MySQL site and Google searches I cannot find the answer to my
question. I need to upgrade from MySQL 4.1.11 to 5.0 on Linux Redhat
Enterprise 4. I know where to get the 5.0 s/ware and I understand I
need to backup all of my databases before doing the upgrade but
exactly how do I *do* the upgrade? Everything I've read either refers
to upgrading on Windows or for Linux talks about the prep and what one
might need to do afterwards but then stops short of saying something
like:

Extract the tar.gz file into xxx directory and then do such-and-such.

Is it merely a matter of extracting the s/ware? Am I supposed to just
untar over the existing MySQL installation, i.e. into the same
directories where the version 4 software lives? Again, sorry to be so
stupid, I really have tried to find the answer on my own. Thanks VERY
much in advance for your help I will be very grateful to have a firm
idea of what I need to do!!

Sarah Anderson
The Nature Conservancy