RE: ActivePerl on OS X: ppm not working, no DBD::mysql PPM available

>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:activeperl-
>[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michiel Beijen
>Sent: 04 October 2012 12:55
>To: Brian Raven
>Cc: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: ActivePerl on OS X: ppm not working, no DBD::mysql PPM available
>
>Hi Brian,
>
>On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Brian Raven <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> A quick look at the failed build logs found there suggest that mysql may not have been installed
>on the build box.
>>
>>     Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 83.
>>
>> Perhaps somebody at Activestate could check that.
>>
>> Alternatively, if you have mysql installed you could try downloading the module from CPAN and
>building it yourself. The CPAN Testers Matrix (http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=DBD-mysql+4.022)
>shows successful builds for OS X (Darwin).
>
>I understand there is no DBD-mysql package because there simply is no
>MySQL install on the package builder. But the benefit for me of using
>a binary distribution such as ActivePerl is the fact that I do not
>need to bother about compiling these modules myself. I had some issues
>when I wanted to compile DBD::mysql on the system perl which is why I
>wanted to use ActivePerl in the first place.
>
>And yes, it would be very helpful for other ActivePerl users if
>someone at ActiveState would make sure there is a DBD-mysql package
>available on OS X.
>
>--
>Mike

I don't know if this is of use but I recall I had problems some time ago trying to install DBD::mysql when I tried to upgrade
ActivePerl to 5.8 on my Mac as this module wasn't available. I eventually solved this by installing the DBD::mysqlPP module instead
and that worked OK with my MySQL code.

I did have a problem though when I was trying to remotely debug with Perl 5.8 some CGI scripts that used MySQL with the original
DBD::mysql module, and I had to adjust the code so that it installed whichever DBD driver was available.
 
Eric 

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