I will use the following settings for compiling and testing: cflags (mysql_config) = -I/usr/local/mysql/include -Os -arch ppc -fno-common embedded (mysql_config) = libs (mysql_config) = -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lm mysql_config (guessed ) = mysql_config nocatchstderr (default ) = 0 nofoundrows (default ) = 0 ssl (guessed ) = 0 testdb (default ) = test testhost (default ) = testpassword (default ) = testsocket (default ) = testuser (default ) = To change these settings, see 'perl Makefile.PL --help' and 'perldoc INSTALL'.