Instal of old version of MySQL 5.5.57 impossible due to libmysqlclient

[Ciges]

Hello,

 

I am trying to install an old version of MySQL, the 5.5.57 version and I get the following portage error:

 

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N     ] dev-db/mysql-init-scripts-2.2-r1 
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/Net-Daemon-0.480.0-r1 
[ebuild  N     ] virtual/perl-Sys-Syslog-0.330.0-r6 
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/PlRPC-0.202.0-r2 
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/DBI-1.636.0  USE="-examples {-test}" 
[ebuild  N    #] dev-db/mysql-5.6.37  USE="openssl perl server -debug -embedded -extraengine -jemalloc -latin1 -libressl -profiling (-selinux) -static -static-libs -systemtap -tcmalloc {-test} -yassl" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
[ebuild  N     ] virtual/libmysqlclient-18  USE="-static-libs" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
[ebuild  N     ] dev-perl/DBD-mysql-4.41.0  USE="ssl -embedded {-test}" 
[ebuild  N    #] virtual/mysql-5.6-r9  USE="server -embedded -static" 
[ebuild  N     ] dev-db/mysql-5.5.57  USE="community perl ssl -bindist (-cluster) -debug -embedded -extraengine -jemalloc -latin1 -max-idx-128 -minimal -profiling (-selinux) -static -static-libs -systemtap -tcmalloc {-test}" 
[ebuild  N     ] virtual/mysql-5.5-r1  USE="-embedded -minimal -static -static-libs" 


!!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
!!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:


dev-db/mysql:0


  (dev-db/mysql-5.5.57:0/18::dev-kit, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    =dev-db/mysql-5.5.57 (Argument)
    =dev-db/mysql-5.5*[embedded=,minimal=,static=,static-libs=] required by (virtual/mysql-5.5-r1:0/0::nokit, ebuild scheduled for merge)
    ^             ^^^^                                                                                                                                                                          


  (dev-db/mysql-5.6.37:0/18::dev-kit, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    dev-db/mysql:0/18[client-libs(+),static-libs?,abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?] required by (virtual/libmysqlclient-18:0/18::nokit, ebuild scheduled for merge)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
    =dev-db/mysql-5.6*[embedded?,server?,static?] required by (virtual/mysql-5.6-r9:0/18::nokit, ebuild scheduled for merge)
    ^             ^^^^                                                                                                                                                             


virtual/mysql:0


  (virtual/mysql-5.6-r9:0/18::nokit, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    =virtual/mysql-5.6-r9[embedded=,static=] required by (dev-db/mysql-5.6.37:0/18::dev-kit, ebuild scheduled for merge)
    ^              ^^^^^^                                                                                                                                                      
    (and 1 more with the same problem)


  (virtual/mysql-5.5-r1:0/0::nokit, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    =virtual/mysql-5.5-r1 required by (dev-db/mysql-5.5.57:0/18::dev-kit, ebuild scheduled for merge)
    ^              ^^^^^^                                                                                                                                   
    (and 1 more with the same problem)

I have masked some packages to prevent installation of newer versions 

 

>dev-db/mysql-5.5.57
dev-db/mysql-connector-c
dev-db/mariadb
>=virtual/mysql-5.6
dev-db/percona-server
dev-db/mariadb-galera
dev-db/mysql-cluster

 

Apparently the libmysqlclient package wants MySQL 5.6 version to be installed and I don't understand why as 5.5 is compatible with 18 client library version as is shown by eix package information

 

* dev-db/mysql [1]
     Available versions:  (~)5.5.57(0/18)^d [m]5.6.35(0/18)^t [m]5.6.36(0/18)^t [m]5.6.37(0/18)^t {bindist cluster +community debug embedded extraengine jemalloc latin1 libressl max-idx-128 minimal +openssl +perl profiling selinux +server ssl static static-libs systemtap tcmalloc test yassl ABI_MIPS="n32 n64 o32" ABI_PPC="32 64" ABI_S390="32 64" ABI_X86="32 64 x32"}
     Homepage:            http://www.mysql.com/
     Description:         A fast, multi-threaded, multi-user SQL database server

Could anyone give me a clue of how to install MySQL 5.5.57?

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

 

[dhudson]

Hi , I'm not 100% sure but I think its telling you , you can not have both at the same time.

so do a emerge --depclean mysql -a to see what its going to remove then answer y if you want it.

then you should be able to proceed with your 5.5 install.

 

notice 5.5.57 has been marked unstable for some reason.