--- Matthew Melvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 at 9:49pm (-0400), Chris Young wrote: > > > I have been trying to install a Perl module DBD::mysql on our Red > Hat 7.2 > > machine and keep running into problems. I am moving from FreeBSD > Unix. I > > had used CPAN on our older system to install this module with no > problems. > > > > I can't get CPAN to install the module correctly itself. I get > the > > following error: > [...] > > > > Is there an rpm version I can install and where would I get it? I > can only > > find the tar.gz version at CPAN. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Chris > >
check out your insall media - I know the mysql modules are included in 7.3 not sure about 7.2 also have you tried installing the module manually ie: unzip cd perl Makefile.PL make make test make install (from memory) > I don't like to use CPAN on my redhat boxes 'cause it doesn't enter > the > package information in the RPM database. That said the consistancy > of CPAN > packages really works in our favour. Since they all build the same > it's a > pretty trivial affair to make spec file to build and install the > package for > us. > > I forget what package I borrowed it from but I've hacked together a > spec > file that just requires changing the module name and version and it > builds > most any CPAN perl module. It requires a little additional tweeky > for DBD > modules becuase they depend on DBI and the headers for the database > they're > build for... anyway... find attached a spec file... if you have > DBD-mysql-2.1017.tar.gz in your .../SOURCES/ dir this should get > you want > you want. > > M. > > -- > WebCentral Pty Ltd Australia's #1 Internet Web Hosting > Company > Level 5, 100 Wickham St. Network Operations - Systems > Engineer > PO Box 930, Fortitude Valley. phone: +61 7 3249 > 2557 > Queensland, Australia 4006. pgp key id: > 0x900E515F > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/x-gzip name=perl-DBD-mysql.spec.gz __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
