aaaand again with the reply-to. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jay Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Aug 3, 2006 10:40 AM Subject: Re: DBD::mysql OS X To: Walter Copenhaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 8/3/06, Walter Copenhaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello, Has someone manage to install DBD::mysql in Mac X Tiger. Can anyone point me to a tutorial or how to do this. Thanks
Walter, Can you tell us specifically what problems you're having and what errors you're seeing? Installations usually go pretty smoothly. Just: perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBD::mysql' The only caveat I can think of is that the tests assume you're installing DBD::mysql against a fresh MySQL installation with the root password still unset. If you've already configured MySQL and set the root password, the tests will all fail. Since it's a pretty stable module, it's usually safe to just go ahead and force install, but you may want to unset to root password during the installation to run the tests. You'll also have to force install if the the server you're planning to use is on a different machine. You can read all about it at http://www.mysql.org/doc/refman/5.1/en/perl-installation.html, but here's the relevant part: "The DBD::mysql installation runs a number of tests. These tests attempt to connect to the local MySQL server using the default username and password. (The default username is your login name on Unix, and ODBC on Windows. The default password is "no password.") If you cannot connect to the server with those values (for example, if your account has a password), the tests fail. You can use force install DBD::mysql to ignore the failed tests." Some other common issues are at http://www.mysql.org/doc/refman/5.1/en/perl-support-problems.html, but they shouldn't apply to OS X. HTH, -- jay -------------------------------------------------- This email and attachment(s): [ ] blogable; [ x ] ask first; [ ] private and confidential daggerquill [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.tuaw.com http://www.dpguru.com http://www.engatiki.org values of β will give rise to dom! -- -------------------------------------------------- This email and attachment(s): [ ] blogable; [ x ] ask first; [ ] private and confidential daggerquill [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.tuaw.com http://www.dpguru.com http://www.engatiki.org values of β will give rise to dom!
