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in reply to Perl5 and a custom MySQL4 install

Do I need to compile DBD::mysql myself pointing at the custom library locations?

Yup, the auto/DBD/mysql.so file is missing, so yeah, you need to install/compile DBD::mysql,  cpan DBD::mysql or something like that, see A Guide to Installing Modules