Thank you for your prompt response. Only comment; you don't need sudo because "look ..." leaves you in root.
thanks. I'm getting some make test failures but I think i can work from here. dave On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 09:41 AM, David Christian wrote: > Here's one way to do it: > > After it fails in CPAN, type > cpan> look DBD::mysql > > Then you'll be in the build directory. Then you can type > > $ perl Makefile.PL <args> > > where <args> are the necessary login information for your database. > You can > type perl Makefile.PL --help for more info. If I still had it on my > machine, I could give it to you verbatim, but it's been awhile. :) > > Then: > $ make > $ make test > $ sudo make install > > Then you can type exit to return to CPAN. > > HTH, > David > > > > On 3/29/02 9:36 AM, "Dave Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm trying to use CPAN to install the DBD::mysql, the DBI module >> installed ok, but the DBD::mysql module will not install because it >> fails the tests because it does not have the root password for mysql. >> How do i pass the mysql passwort so it can pass the install test? >> >> thanks >> >> Dave >> >> >
