At 15:40 -0800 3/7/02, Brian Warn wrote:
>If I want to load DBD::mysql on a box where mysql is not installed, do I
>need to install some mysql components?  I'm doing this because I'll be

DBD::mysql uses the MySQL C client library.  You can't install without
it.

>connecting to a remote box from my perl script to query, etc. mysql on the
>remote box.  While using cpan to install the DBD::mysql module, I received
>the following errors:
>
>Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line
>167.
>Failed to determine directory of mysql.h. Use perl Makefile.PL
>--cflags=-I<dir>
>
>Since mysql.h normally lives in $MYSQL/include, I'm thinking that I'll have
>to install it locally to make this work.
>
>Thanks,
>Brian


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