Issue resolved. For anybody else who runs into this problem here is what I did. 1. went to ftp.suse.com and navigated to /pub/suse/9.0/suse/i586. 2. I downloaded zlib-devel-1.1.4-232.i586.rpm 3. rpm -Uvh zlib-devel-1.1.4-232.i586.rpm 4. then I did the perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install. I did receive other countless errors/warnings but overall mysql was added to the list of drivers for DBI. I have yet to test it by running a perl script that access mysql (that's tonight's lesson). Thanks all for the responses.
Michael Stassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Aleksei Wolff wrote: > I am on suse 9.0. > > using cpan perl module (perl -MCPAN -e shell) > and install DBD::mysql > > obtained the following error: > > "An error occurred while linking the DBD::mysql > driver. The error message seems to indicate that you > dont have a libz.a or a libza.so" > > Can anybody suggest a possible fix? > > Thanks in advance folks!! Aleksei Wolff further wrote: > I am trying to install the DBI driver for mysql..i got an error which > the INSTALL.html file says can be fixed by: > > "If this is the case for you, install an RPM archive like libz-devel, > libgz-devel, zlib-devel or gzlib-devel or something similar." > > Can anybody clue me in on what the above pakages (libz-devel, > libgz-devel, zlib-devel, gzlib-devel) do? how do I install? I am on > suse 9.0 > > Thanks. It's asking for the libz compression library. If you don't already have it, see . Michael -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard
