Re: Howto install DBD::mysql without a local copy of mysql

Jochen Wiedmann <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.mysql.perl
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David Bellizzi wrote:

> I have a lot of systems that perform remote queries and it gets to be a
> pain having to install a functioning mysql server so the cpan install
> scripts for perl -MCPAN -e'install DBD::mysql' won't fail. Is there anyway
> way around this fustrating situation? Seems to me theres got to be a
> better way.

Compile the MySQL sources with --without-server (hope I remember the
option name right). This will leave you exactly what's required for 
DBD::mysql: The client libraries.


Jochen


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