Upgraded from 3.23 to 4.x

Steps that worked for me on redhat 8 and 9

  1. Download the server, client, and “Dynamic client libraries
    (including 3.23.x libraries)” rpms.
  2. rpm -Uvh --nodeps MySQL-server-4.0.16-0.i386.rpm
  3. rpm -Uvh MySQL-shared-compat-4.0.16-0.i386.rpm
  4. rpm -Uvh MySQL-client-4.0.16-0.i386.rpm