Can't install DBD::mysql on redhat 9

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks, I have read the install documentation for DBD::mysql and there is nothing about this error ...

perl Makefile.PL
I will use the following settings for compiling and testing:
 
  cflags        (mysql_config) = -I/usr/local/mysql/include -mcpu=pent
+iumpro
  libs          (mysql_config) = -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient 
+-lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv -lc -lnss_fi
+les -lnss_dns -lresolv
  nocatchstderr (default     ) = 0
  nofoundrows   (default     ) = 0
  ssl           (guessed     ) = 0
  testdb        (default     ) = test
  testhost      (default     ) =
  testpassword  (default     ) =
  testuser      (default     ) =
 
To change these settings, see 'perl Makefile.PL --help' and
'perldoc INSTALL'.
 
Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8
+.0/ExtUtils/Liblist/Kid.pm line 97.
[download]

Does anyone here know what I am doing wrong?

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Re: Can't install DBD::mysql on redhat 9 by vroom (His Eminence) on Apr 22, 2004 at 18:23 UTC
Looks like the LANG problem on RedHat 9. Setting LANG=C should fix the problem. Some links related to your specific problem: The problem and The response More general information on RedHat 9's problems with LANG and Perl module installation. Here and on Perl 5 porters	[reply]
Re: Re: Can't install DBD::mysql on redhat 9 by Anonymous Monk on Apr 22, 2004 at 18:52 UTC
That did the trick! Thanks much!	[reply]
Re: Can't install DBD::mysql on redhat 9 by ScooterQ (Pilgrim) on Apr 22, 2004 at 18:19 UTC
/me scurries off and finds where he's answered this question before.... cut... paste... RH9 caused more than a few problems for me with a number of modules until I edited my /etc/sysconfig/i18n file. Here's mine: `#LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LANG="en_US" SUPPORTED="en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en" SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16"` [download] It looks like some modules (like CPAN!) don't like that UTF-8. If you don't want to monkey with your system-wide locale setting, just type "export LANG=en_US" and then try your install again.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Can't install DBD::mysql on redhat 9 by leriksen (Curate) on Apr 23, 2004 at 04:36 UTC
This issue also causes Tk to abort but in a different way, whilst generating the C bindings. See this bug report for more details of RH and Perls UTF8 issues +++++++++++++++++ #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings;use strict;use brain;	[reply]

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