I will use the following settings for compiling and testing: cflags (mysql_config) = -I'/usr/include/mysql' libs (mysql_config) = -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm 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. #### if (@fullname = #### $self->lsdir($thispth,"^\Qlib$thislib.$so.\E[0-9]+")){ #### if (@fullname = $self->lsdir($thispth,"^\Qlib$thislib.$so.\E[0-9]+")){