I got connected finally... actually I've connect several times but each time
something else happens that changes things.
I typo'd the myslq.sock line in the /etc/my.cnf file
but... I need to make sure my DBI is installed correctly.
I followed the instructions based on the manual... but do not understand if
these modules are supposed to reside in the perl base directory or not.
the manual keeps talking about what to do if you don't have system directory
access... but I do!
Please let me know what directory I should run these commands from... I
don't understand if these commands actually change the perl interpreter...
or if they just put these modules where they can be found by the perl
interpreter. If you can help.. thanks...
The Perl distributions are provided as compressed tar archives and have
names like `MODULE-VERSION.tar.gz', where MODULE is the module name and
VERSION is the version number. You should get the Data-Dumper, DBI, and
Msql-Mysql-modules distributions and install them in that order. The
installation procedure is shown below. The example shown is for the
Data-Dumper module, but the procedure is the same for all three
distributions:
Unpack the distribution into the current directory:
shell> gunzip < Data-Dumper-VERSION.tar.gz | tar xvf -
This command creates a directory named `Data-Dumper-VERSION'.
Change into the top-level directory of the unpacked distribution:
shell> cd Data-Dumper-VERSION
Build the distribution and compile everything:
shell> perl Makefile.PL
shell> make
shell> make test
shell> make install
The make test command is important because it verifies that the module is
working. Note that when you run that command during the Msql-Mysql-modules
installation to exercise the interface code, the MySQL server must be
running or the test will fail.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Before posting, please check:
http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual)
http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive)
To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
