Problems when installing DBD-Mysql

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Re: Problems when installing DBD-Mysql by MrYoya (Monk) on May 13, 2003 at 21:54 UTC
`/bin/sh: line 1: gcc: command not found` Is gcc installed?	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Problems when installing DBD-Mysql by Anonymous Monk on May 13, 2003 at 23:32 UTC
I'm installing more packages and I keep getting missing dependencies. I don't think even glibc is installed on the system. How do I check the PATH? Ralph.	[reply]
Re: Re: Problems when installing DBD-Mysql by The Mad Hatter (Priest) on May 14, 2003 at 00:18 UTC
Assuming a sh-like shell, `echo $PATH` at the command line.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Problems when installing DBD-Mysql by Anonymous Monk on May 13, 2003 at 22:14 UTC
It seems like gcc hasn't been installed. Is there an RPM package for this? Ralph.	[reply]
Re (2): Problems when installing DBD-Mysql (locate) by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on May 13, 2003 at 22:35 UTC
It looks like your Config.pm thinks you're on Linux. Is that true? If so, it's highly unlikely that you don't have gcc installed: all the major distros I know of include the whole gcc suite. First try `locate gcc` or `slocate gcc`. It's quite possible that you have gcc, but it's not in your path. If you have it, look in your shell's `PATH` variable, and make sure the directory gcc is in appears in there. If you're not on Linux, then your Config.pm is confused.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Problems when installing DBD-Mysql by shemp (Deacon) on May 13, 2003 at 22:20 UTC
What platform are you running on? You need to be careful, because sometimes if perl is built using a different compiler than packages you are trying to install, there can be problems. I've actually only run across this issue on solaris, where perl was installed with solaris from the vendor. But we didnt buy their C++ compiler. So, to get some perl modules to run correctly, we had to recompile perl using gcc, then complie the packages. You may not be in this situation, but i thought i'd throw out the possibility.	[reply]
Re: Problems when installing DBD-Mysql by Anonymous Monk on May 14, 2003 at 09:16 UTC
Isn't there an RPM for DBD-Mysql anywhere? Cause I've been all night installing dependencies and dependencies and dependencies... This just never ends. And now I can't even find the RPM for glibc-common. Ralph.	[reply]