Re: Problems installing DBD::mysql

I am wondering if you are having the same problem I am.  I keep finding
perl modules where the developer has made no allowance for the mixture of
32 bit and 64 bit Macs, and then the binaries won't compile.

I have no good workaround, I am not enough of a Makefile expert to fix the
flags.

On 2/12/11 2:55 AM, "Marek Stepanek" <[email protected]> wrote:

>On 04.02.2011 12:24, Jeremiah Foster wrote:
>> Have you installed the mysql libraries on your OS X system first?
>> 
>> You need more that just the perl bindings to MySQL, you need to have
>>MySQL installed on your machine, along with whatever libraries needed to
>>run it. That is to say, runtime and buildtime dependencies.
>> 
>> BTW, you may want to look into Postgres since MySQL was recently bought
>>by Oracle.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Jeremiah
>> 
>> 
>
>
>Sorry, Jeremiah, I answered off list, privately. Here the contents of my
>answer:
>
>
>Hello Jeremiah!
>
>
>Thank you for your answer! At least, there was one. I could not answer
>you in time, because my only computer, my life partner, PBP 17' was in
>clinic for two weeks. Now I have a new logic board, but still now
>DBD::mysql module and not many answers in this group :-(
>
>Of course I have mysql installed; and for the next one, asking
>questions: yes, on my $PATH there are the mysql bin included:
>
>% echo $PATH
>/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/sw/include:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/mys
>ql/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/texbin:/usr/X11/b
>in:/usr/X11R6/bin
>
>
>
>Best greetings to all
>
>
>
>marek
>
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