Hi BlackSwan, On Monday 22 November 2010 03:10:50 blackswa...@yahoo.com wrote: > My installation of RedHat Linux server 5.3 came with PERL 5.8. I > updated my version of PERL to 5.12, and my copy of PERL resides at / > root/localperl/bin/perl > > I've attempted to install DBD, DBI and Net::MySQL and all failed. It > is possible that the reason why the installs are failing is common to > all three, but I do not know that as a fact, so I am asking you to > look over and respond as to what I may be doing wrong in the > installation of Net::MySQL. > > I'm following the instructions that come with Net::MySQL - Pure Perl > MySQL network protocol interface. Any attempts to use perl without > the full path to /root fails because the initial installation was > written over by an incorrect installation of version 5.12 on /usr/bin/ > perl > > > r...@localhost localperl# /root/localperl/bin/perl -v > This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 2 (v5.12.2) built for x86_64- > linux > > ------------------------------------- > > r...@localhost bin# pwd > /root/localperl/bin > r...@localhost bin# cd .. > r...@localhost localperl# ls > bin lib man > r...@localhost localperl# ls > bin lib man Net-MySQL-0.09 > r...@localhost localperl# cd Net-MySQL-0.09/ > r...@localhost Net-MySQL-0.09# ls > Changes Makefile.PL MANIFEST META.yml MySQL.pm README script t > r...@localhost Net-MySQL-0.09# root/localperl/bin/perl Makefile.PL > PREFIX=/root/localperl/bin/perl/lib > bash: root/localperl/bin/perl: No such file or directory > r...@localhost Net-MySQL-0.09# root/localperl/bin/perl Makefile.PL > PREFIX=/root/localperl > bash: root/localperl/bin/perl: No such file or directory > r...@localhost Net-MySQL-0.09# /root/localperl/bin/perl Makefile.PL > PREFIX=/root/localperl > Checking if your kit is complete... > Looks good > Writing Makefile for Net::MySQL > r...@localhost Net-MySQL-0.09# make > cp MySQL.pm blib/lib/Net/MySQL.pm > Manifying blib/man3/Net::MySQL.3 > r...@localhost Net-MySQL-0.09# make test > PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /root/localperl/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "- > e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t > t/0.load.t ........ Can't locate Digest/SHA1.pm in @INC (@INC > contains: /root/localperl/Net-MySQL-0.09/blib/lib /root/localperl/Net- > MySQL-0.09/blib/arch /root/localperl/lib/site_perl/5.12.2/x86_64- > linux /root/localperl/lib/site_perl/5.12.2 /root/localperl/lib/5.12.2/ > x86_64-linux /root/localperl/lib/5.12.2 .) at /root/localperl/Net- > MySQL-0.09/blib/lib/Net/MySQL.pm line 681.
Seems like Net-MySQL has an undeclared dependency on Digest-SHA1 so you need to install it first: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Digest-SHA1/ Maybe see: http://perl-begin.org/topics/cpan/ Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish <rindolf> She's a hot chick. But she smokes. <go|dfish> She can smoke as long as she's smokin'. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
