On 3/2/07, Roger Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> ...I started installing MySQL via CPAN, as I am used > >> to doing, but when I ran into a problem installing DBD::mysql, I > >> found and > >> started using Fink. > >> > >> So I have MySQL installed in /usr/local/mysql via CPAN. When I > >> run 'fink > >> install dbd-mysql-pm588' as you suggest, it wants to install a new > >> mysql client, > >> among other packages, presumably under /sw. Does that mean that > >> Fink can't see > >> packages outside /sw, and will it be incompatible with CPAN and > >> manually > >> installed packages as I keep setting things up? > > ... > > Fink doesn't see any packages it doesn't install itself, other than a > > few cases where placeholders are employed. Manually updating > > libraries and headers in /usr/local can cause problems for Fink > > packages. Updating the perl modules via CPAN is likely to produce > > unforeseen issues. > > > > -- > > Alexander K. Hansen > > (akh) > > Fink Documenter (still) > > I just noticed that to install DBD::mysql, not only is Fink > installing mysql, it's installing another version of Perl! It seems > like overkill. If I wanted to start clean with this new machine and > use Fink, how deep into the pre-installed Darwin base do I need to go > to avoid this kind of redundancy? > > Thanks, > > Roger >
I'm not sure what you mean. It's installing another perl because you picked the -588 version. The -586 variant will just use the system-installed Perl. -- Alexander K. Hansen (akh) Fink Documenter (still) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
