Problem installing perl module DBI::mysql

[emilybartholomew]

I am unable to install the perl module DBI::mysql onto my red hat 7.2 machine. The error message says that mysql is not installed, even though I know for certain that it is. Has anyone else had this problem?

 

[Kipper]

If you're using CPAN, install the DBI module first.

cpan> install DBI

This provides the standard set of programming functions for querying a variety of DBs.

Then install the MySQL DBD module.

cpan> install DBD::mysql ------------------------------------------------------------------
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[evilgreg]

I recommend you use the RPM's for this.
When building servers I install the following:

(* = version number)
mysql*.rpm
mysql-devel*.rpm (u need this for perl)
mysql-server*.rpm

perl-dbi*.rpm
perl-dbd-mysql*.rpm

This is the most painless method.
Good Luck

 

[Kipper]

/me would rather eat broken glass than use RPMs! ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------
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