yep! That did it! I installed the mysql-devel rmp and the module installed fine after that (eventhough i found a bunch of other problems after that which kept me up all night...)
Thanks for your help, Joni On Friday 30 November 2001 7:37 pm, Matthew Walkup wrote: > hrm, sorry.... I meant to say the library/dev/include files for MySQL > itself (the Server/Client). > > -Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Walkup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Problems with DBD::mysql > > > Just a suggestion, I ran into similar problems but I dont remember if they > are the same. Be sure to have the library/dev /include files installed and > specify the diretory they are in in the MakeFile.pl or whatever it uses. > You may have to install manually after getting the package from CPAN. > > Hope it helps, > > Matthew Walkup > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: joni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Problems with DBD::mysql > > > Hello, > > I hope someone can give me a hand with this... > > I'm trying to use DBI to connect to our mysql database, but according to > the error messages DBI module wasn't installed. So I used CPAN to install > it and ended up recompiling perl etc. > > To cut long story short, even after installing DBI i got error messages > like: > > "install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't locate DBD/mysql.pm in @INC (@INC > contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux/ > /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1 > /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux > /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl . > /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux/) at (eval 1) line 3. > Perhaps the DBD::mysql perl module hasn't been fully installed, > or perhaps the capitalisation of 'mysql' isn't right. > Available drivers: ExampleP, Proxy." > > I tired to install DBD::mysql on it's own via CPAN shell, but something > seemed to go wrong: > > "In file included from dbdimp.c:29: > dbdimp.h:31:49: mysql.h: No such file or directory > dbdimp.h:32:49: errmsg.h: No such file or directory > make: *** [dbdimp.o] Error 1 > /usr/bin/make -- NOT OK > Running make test > Oops, make had returned bad status > Running make install > Oops, make had returned bad status > Warning: Cannot install configure, don't know what it is. " > > Does anyone have any pointers on how to get out of this mess? > > Much appreciated! > > Cheers, > > Joni > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]