Install DBD::mysqlPP, the PurePerl version of DBD::mysql. If you still want DBD::mysql, you'll have to pass the appropriate options to Makefile.PL, like it says

E:\new\DBD-mysql-2.1026>perl makefile.pl --help
Usage: perl makefile.pl [options]

Possible options are:

  --cflags=<flags>       Use <flags> for running the C compiler; defau
+lts
                         to the value of "mysql_config --cflags"
  --libs=<libs>          Use <libs> for running the linker; defaults
                         to the value of "mysql_config --libs"
  --testdb=<db>          Use the database <db> for running the test su
+ite;
                         defaults to test
  --testuser=<user>      Use the username <user> for running the test 
+suite;
                         defaults to no username
  --testpassword=<pwd>   Use the password <pwd> for running the test s
+uite;
                         defaults to no password
  --testhost=<host>      Use <host> as a database server for running t
+he
                         test suite; defaults to localhost.
  --testport=<port>      Use <port> as the port number of the database
+;
                         by default the port number is choosen from th
+e
                         mysqlclient library
  --nocatchstderr        Supress using the "myld" script that redirect
+s
                         STDERR while running the linker.
  --help                 Print this message and exit

All options may be configured on the command line. If they are
not present on the command line, then mysql_config is called:

  mysql_config --cflags
  mysql_config --libs
  mysql_config --testdb

and so on. See the INSTALL.html file for details.

E:\new\DBD-mysql-2.1026>
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You need to install mysql client libraries, and then do something like

perl Makefile.PL --cflags=-IC:\mysql\include --libs="-LC:\mysql\lib\op
+t -lmysqlclient"
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You'll have to adjust for your environment.

You'll want to read ExtUtils::MakeMaker, since %97 of Makefile.PL's use ExtUtils::MakeMaker.

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