When it comes time to actually build your MySQL module you need to do a few things.

• Install DBI
• Download Msql-MySQL module
• Run "perl Makefile.PL" and answer questions
  or "perl Makefile.PL --options --options"
• make
• make test
• make install

Fortunately the CPAN install command does most of this for you. You could actually just start a CPAN shell and type "install Bundle::Mysql". Wait and answer a few questions. My issue was the answer a few questions part. I'd like to go and have coffee to return with a fully built module. :)

Here's how (broken across lines to hopefully make more readable):

perl -MCPAN -e 
  'install Bundle::DBI; 
   CPAN::Shell->o("conf","makepl_arg",
    "--mysql-install --nomsql-install 
     --nomsql1-install --noprompt 
     --mysql-incdir=/opt/include/mysql 
     --mysql-libdir=/opt/lib/mysql"); 
   install Mysql;' >/opt/src/config/logs/mysql-perlmod
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A bit of a narrative:

• perl -MCPAN -e
  Starts perl with CPAN module and will execute what's in quotes
• 'install Bundle::DBI;
  The first perl statement. Should hopefully install all of the modules that makes DBI go in general.
• CPAN::Shell->o("conf","makepl_arg",
  This took a bit of digging. This is the same as typing "o conf makepl_args..." at the cpan shell prompt which is to specify the arguments that we're gonna call "perl Makefile.PL" with.
• "--mysql-install --nomsql-install --nomsql1-install --noprompt --mysql-incdir=/opt/include/mysql --mysql-libdir=/opt/lib/mysql");
  If you were to go to the msql-mysql module source directory and type "perl Makefile.PL" you'd eventually arrive at something like this. Of course your mileage will vary with the options that I've placed here.
• install Mysql;' >/opt/src/config/logs/mysql-perlmod
  Last perl statement that will download, build, test, and install Mysql module. (plus log somewhere so we can see any problems after we've returned from coffee)

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