Hi Sherman, On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:42:54 -0600 Sherman Willden <sherman.will...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to use perl with mysql. I have a tutorial open which prompted > me to perform the following. > > $ sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell > cpan> install DBI > cpan[2]> install DBD::mysql > > DBI installed. The 'install DBD::mysql' failed. Is DBD part of DBI? What am > I missing? DBI stands for Data-Base Interface and is a unified SQL-databases' access API for Perl 5 with several backends for the APIs of each database providers. These backends are called "Database Drivers" or "DBDs". There's DBD::mysql, DBD::Pg , DBD::SQLite and many others - see https://metacpan.org/search?q=dbd , and "DBD" by itself is not a thing. > > The DBD run is in the attached installlation-help.txt file > > Thank you; > > Sherman What is your operating system, its version, its Linux/etc. distribution, perl, perl version, etc.? There may be a better way to install this CPAN module there: * http://perl-begin.org/topics/cpan/ (Note: perl-begin.org a domain that I originated and maintain.). Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Why I Love Perl - http://shlom.in/joy-of-perl Fortran - there isn’t a way to do it... oh wait! Now there is. — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/ways_to_do_it.html Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
