[lug] Perl DBD::mysql

[Ryan Wheaton]

Not sure how stuck you are on MCPAN (it is neat and fun to use), but 
you may think of resorting to yum.

installing and using yum is easy if you haven't before, and to get 
perl-DBI running you'd simply execute:

 >yum install perl-DBI

it'll find all dependencies and all that good stuff.  I haven't done it 
yet, but i think you can install src rpm's using yum as well.

hth,

-rtw
On Tuesday, Jun 29, 2004, at 15:44 America/Denver, Thomas R Detman 
wrote:

> Once I was a happy camper running RedHat 7.2.
> I had the perl DBI to MySQL working perfectly.
>
> But I was told, I must upgrade. It seemed to make sense.
>
> So, I upgraded to RH 9.0.  It broke so many things that
> I got ticked off and wipped it by installing KRUD 7.3.
> (I was even happier than before, but it couldn't last.)
>
> I upgraded to RH 9.0 again and began to slowly cobbled
> my working environment back together as best I could.
>
> (There are new and nifty things that I do like.  I think
> most of my pain is due to the switch from Gnome to Gnome2.
> Is there a way to go back to Gnome?)
>
> I've tried several times now to get MySQL and the perl DBI
> working again, without success.  I've had MySQL working,
> both 4.0.20 and the latest RH rpm version (mysql-3.23.58-1.9),
> mostly not at the same time.
>
> Getting the perl interface, DBD::mysql, installed is road-block.
> I get warnings and error messages, like in the following:
>
> ]# perl -MCPAN -e shell
> cpan> get DBD::mysql
> cpan> exit
> ]# cd /root/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-2.9003
> ]# perl Makefile.PL
> ...
> Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at 
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/ExtUtils/Liblist/Kid.pm line 97.
> (above message repeated about 30 times, then)
>
> Multiple copies of Driver.xst found in: 
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI 
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI at 
> Makefile.PL line 295
> Using DBI 1.42 (for perl 5.008 on i386-linux-thread-multi) installed 
> in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI
> Writing Makefile for DBD::mysql
>
> (However, it did create a Makefile.)
>
> ]# make
> Makefile:89: *** missing separator.  Stop.
>
> (Looking at the Makefile, there are obvious syntax errors.)
>
> HELP! Anyone! I do not have a clue what the real problem is,
> or how to get around it.
>
> Tom Detman
>
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