Kirti S. Bajwa wrote:
Ken:
Thank you for your response. I tried the 'mysql_config' command and got an error message. I will add 'mysql_config' to the path (if I figure out how!!!).
You need to add the directory which contains mysql_config to your path. Adding to your PATH isn't difficult, but the method depends on your shell. You can find your shell with
echo $SHELL
I noticed that on my installation the 'mysql_config' is in '/usr/local/mysql/bin' directory whereas you have indicated that it should be in '/usr/local/bin' directory! Please clarify!!
/usr/local/mysql/bin is fine. With tcsh, you can add this to your path with
set path=($PATH /usr/local/mysql/bin)
With sh or bash, you should be able to add this to your path with
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin
Either way, you should probably also add this to the appropriate shell startup file, so mysql is always in your path.
You can check your path with
echo $PATH
Two more questions:
(1) Since I have done partial installation, would it hurt if I re-do the entire Perl instalation or start from the command where the errors were encountered?
You didn't break anything, you just didn't succeed in adding the module. Just go back into CPAN and try again. I'd suggest
perl -MCPAN -eshell install Bundle::DBI install Bundle::DBD::mysql
Installing the bundles will make sure you have everything you need. As you've already installed DBI, you'll already have most of what the bundles contain, and CPAN is smart enough not to reinstall what you already have.
(2) I also have two Client MySQL servers (which connect to master MySQL server for data). Do I also need to install Perl on these Client MySQL Servers?
I'm not sure what you mean by "Client MySQL servers". Do you mean machines which need the mysql client to connect to the machine running the mysql server, or do you mean machines which will run the mysql server as slaves to the master server?
In any case, you can run the mysql server and client without perl. On the other hand, a number of the helper apps in /usr/local/mysql/bin are perl scripts. Of course, you will need to install perl on any machine where you want to use perl to connect/manipulate your mysql data, and perl is handy to have around in general.
Please remember, I am an IBM mainframe guy & my knowledge of LINUX related soft is pretty low on scale.
Thanks.
Kirti
Michael
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