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[BIGstreets]

I need some help...

I have tried and tried to install DBD::mysql on 2 of my servers and am receiving the same errors...

Writing Makefile for DBD::mysql
Makefile:89: *** missing separator.  Stop.
  /usr/bin/make  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

any help would be appreciated!!!

[m-b]

it would be quite useful, if you would provide information about the installed OS of each server ...

If I had to guess, I would say :"install make"

If you use Debian Linux run tasksel and choose "C/C++ Development" and you get everything you need ...


Michael

[BIGstreets]

Sorry my bad...here is more detail.

I am running rh9 on server 1 and rhel3 on the other

I am attempting to install it via CPAN with the following command:

perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBD::mysql'

[ericabiz]

I've had this problem before. Here's the bug from Red Hat's bugzilla: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/...g.cgi?id=87682

To fix it, just type the following on the command line before you drop into CPAN:

export LANG=en_US

Then run

perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBD::mysql'

...and that should fix the problem.

[BIGstreets]

Ya, I already tried that...thanks though! I saw that bug as I googled around for answers, but it did not fix it for me...

Any other ideas?

Thanks!

[FeBox]

Run the following commands, I just had to fix this issue as well, this worked:

cd /root
wget http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/R/RU/...-2.9003.tar.gz
tar xzf DBD-mysql-2.9003.tar.gz
cd DBD-mysql-2.9003
unset LANG; perl Makefile.PL; make test; make install

And your done.

[Brightadmin]

Hi,

mysql_config tell the perl build module how to link with the driver. The easiest way to fix this is make sure the bin directory of MySQL is in your path. If you can type 'mysql_config' at the command line and get an answer like:

Usage: /usr/local/bin/mysql_config [OPTIONS]
Options: etc .....

The perl DBD module should be able to find and use this program to configure itself.

If you get a command not found error add the mysql bin directory to the path.

Regards,

Bright