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can't install DBD::mysql under cygwin for mysql5by tphyahoo (Vicar) |
on Feb 08, 2007 at 15:04 UTC ( [id://599024]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
tphyahoo has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
I'm having an issue similar in spirit, if not in every detail, to that described in
http://www.cpanforum.com/posts/3561 (I actually actually tried posting at cpanforum first, but the cpanforum submission feature appears to be broken) Basically, I followed the instructions for the cygwin install in the documentation at http://search.cpan.org/src/RUDY/DBD-mysql-2.9008/INSTALL.html#windows_cygwin ***************** UPDATE: that was for an old version of DBD::mysql. Maybe that was the problem. The newer version is at stay tuned.... ***************** UPDATE: you can probably skip this next bit, as it refers to my attempt to follow the documentation in the out of date DBD::mysql.
Following this to the letter requires the source for mysql version 3.23.54a, which isn't even available any more from mysql. http://downloads.mysql.com/archives.php?p=mysql-4.0 (they're not even allowing source downloads for mysql4 anymore.) I attempted the install under cygwin with the latest mysql (mysql5). Makefile.PL went okay. make failed with ***************** UPDATE: okay, start reading again. The current documentation of DBD::mysql suggests installation via ppm for win32. I normally work under activestate, but in this case I thought cygwin would be better, because I had a script that needed to be modified to run on windows, and a number of dependency modules didn't compile easily under Active State to my recollection. So now, it seems I have everything working nicely under cygwin, except DBD::mysql, which I really need. So, first question: given DBD::mysql installed via ppm, is there a way I can access this from a perl script run under cygwin? Second question, barring that, has nyone been able to get DBD::mysql to work under cygwin for a recent version, or can point me to a way to download the old source? Or other constructive feedback? Thanks in advance!
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