>I'm just about ready to install MySQL on my iBook. > >Should I install the 10.1.5 update first? Or should I skip it altogether? > >Also, could someone be so kind as to point me in the right direction for >instructions on installing MySQL and related perl modules? I've downloaded >the latest binaries from MySQL.com but I think I could use some up-to-date >pointers on installing it and DBI etc... (there's a lot of before 10.1 >references around and I'm not sure what's relevant) > >My Thanks to All, >-- >Bill Stephenson
Actually, I used the package install from http://www.entropy.ch to install MySQL on my iBook. Fast and easy, no makefiles, no binary distributions, just double-click on it like you install Word or something. I just upgraded to 10.1.5, and my MySQL appears fine (the package put it in /usr/local/bin/, I still have all my databases, my users, and root still works). As for the Perl modules, I found a very helpful email message from Mark Lowe on how to use CPAN, which I quote below. After two weeks of trying to figure out why my CPAN installs weren't working, this order of doing things worked. One additional detail: in order to install the DBD (database driver) for mysql from CPAN, mysql must be running, not just installed, and the dangerous condition must exist that it allows anonymous logins, or, as Paul DuBois points out, you can force the install. I just installed the driver immediately after I installed mysql, so I was dangerous for maybe an hour. Hope this helps. From: Mark S Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Fixed: CPAN Makefile.PL / Perl Module Error > > > > After many hours of research and some very helpful folks from this list, I > was able to repair my system and get CPAN working perfectly. Here is a list > of very short steps I took to correct the problem. > > 1. Restore the /System/Library/Perl/ and all sub-directories to their > original 10.1.4 luster > 2. Remove any previous /var/root/.cpan directory > 3. Download the 219 meg Development2001DevToolsCD from Apple^(1)s development > area, and Install > 4. Launch a Terminal session and: (MAKE FILES WORK NOW) >> 1. Run ^(3)perl ?MCPAN ?e shell^(2) >> 2. Go through default configuration >> 3. Install Bundle::libnet >> 4. Install Bundle::CPAN >> 5. exit CPAN and relog-in with ^(3)perl ?MCPAN ?e shell^(2) >> 6. Reconfigure once again >> 7. Install CGI, LPW, DBI::DBD (this step is just for me!) > > Hope this information is useful. I^(1)ve seen this bug on MANY discussion > boards with all kinds of bizarre fixes with nearly hundreds of complex > steps. This very is painless and very cool! > > Thanks again everyone! > > Mark > Patrick Burke Project Manager Biological Sciences Division Information Systems The University of Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED]
