By your own admission you didn't read the documentation. Sometimes the answer to the question is as straight forward as telling the person that they have to do something outlined in the documentation, which I linked to. Nobody claims the answer to "every problem is RTFM". Here I suggest you take the time to read the documentation in question, and learn the basics of the tools you're trying to use.

Update: Which reminds me you'd already had all this pointed out to you the last time you asked.

That was a different situation. I was trying to get it installed on my Mac, not on a Debian machine with a local version of Perl. If I recall, what I ended up doing is installing all of mysql on the machine to get it working. The advice I was given on that node, though I'm thankful for it, was beyond my comprehension and I couldn't figure it out.

Any how many times do I have to say it? It doesn't do any good to read documentation you can't understand or follow.

I think, very often, the underlying sentiment of RTFM is YADA (you're a dumb ass). Fine. I'm a dumb ass, if that makes you feel better about yourself.

Appropriate XKCD cartoon here.

$PM = "Perl Monk's";
$MCF = "Most Clueless Friar Abbot Bishop Pontiff Deacon Curate Priest";
$nysus = $PM . ' ' . $MCF;
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The part of the documentation quoted has the same information you needed to set it up on Debian. If you can't understand it, by all means do more research, look it up or ask. You said you didn't read it, but glanced at it. I simply stated that this strategy is poor, considering what you're trying to achieve.

A related xkcd.

"Fine. I'm a dumb ass, if that makes you feel better about yourself."

I've no idea why you think this would make anyone feel better.