> Adam Kennedy wrote:
> >
> > Afternoon
> >
> > Normally on Redhat I would just install the mysql-client and mysql-devel
> > rpms and then install DBD::mysql from there, but slackware obviously
doesn't
> > use rpms...
>
> No, but perl has a package management system called CPAN.
>
> Probably what you want to do is this:
> perl -MCPAN -e shell
> (answer all of the questions)
> install DBI::DBD
> install DBD::mysql
Actually no
I already use CPAN, but that is not enough, DBD::mysql is not a pure perl
module, and it links into the mysql client libraries, so you have to install
mysql client and devel stuff first, before you can install the perl module.
Adam
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