> .... > For the interested, the OP (Stanley Kitching), wants to use a > python-mysqldb module on his web host running FreeBSD. They don't have > the that installed, so he tried getting the Debian binary distrubtion > of the library to work, and failed. He's wondering if this is at all > possible. > > Answer: yes, it might (key word - might) be made to work. Linux shared > libraries have been made to work with native applications on FreeBSD > before. I don't have the details, but would expect you'd have to > install large chunks of a Debian system to make this work. If you > really want to do this, let me know and I'll chase the details down > for you. > > However, that's the wrong way to do this. First step - ask your > hosting service to install databases/py-MySQLdb. That's the Python > MySQLdb port in the FreeBSD ports tree. > ....
Mike .... Although I've never done it personally, I have seen a few newsgroup references that some Debian/FreeBSD packages are interchangeable so thought the minimal effort required for uploading the Debian MySQLdb package I have might be worth the long shot .... > However, that's the wrong way to do this. First step - ask your > hosting service to install databases/py-MySQLdb. > > That's the Python MySQLdb port in the FreeBSD ports tree. > Installing it should be trivial. > .... I did a bit more google-izing last night and found that a FreeBSD/MySQLdb install should indeed be a trivial matter to install via FreePorts .... I'll go ahead and petition the host for an install .... Thanks very much for taking the time to provide a detailed explanation and your kind offer for further assistance .... Both are greatly appreciated .... -- Stanley C. Kitching Human Being Phoenix, Arizona ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
